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Tuesday, April 6, 2004

Rate-A-Restaurant, #38 in a series

Restaurant: Extraordinary Desserts

Location: 2929 Fifth Ave., San Diego

Type of restaurant: Desserts

They stipulated: You have a sweet tooth, and you're willing to momentarily forget about that diet of yours


What we ordered: Citronesse slice ($6.95), two Lion Coffee vanilla macadamia ($2.50 each)

High point: Mmm, dessert! I could live here. Desserts like White Chocolate Linzer Torte, the Passion Fruit Ricotta Torte, Triple Chocolate Mousse and the Truffe Framboise were enticing... but Maria and I were in a lemony mood, and the the Citronesse more than delivered. Also, Lion Coffee, straight from Honolulu, hit the spot.

Low point: It's in San Diego. Can't get down there too often. (And the coffee may be a little too much on the high side.)

Overall impression: Pat and Susan introduced us to Extraordinary, and it didn't disappoint. Pastry chef Karen Krasne avoids obvious desserts and dives in with some pretty amazing stuff. The place as a whole is simple and nice, an excellent evening spot. And yes, I know, this is our second dessert Rate-A-Restaurant post in a row. What can I say, we love to eat!

Chance we will go back: If we find ourselves back in San Diego, how can we not go back?!

For a complete archive of our Rate-A-Restaurant reviews, check out our companion ratearestaurant.blogspot.com website.

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