Well, I must say, this sounded interesting the moment the waiter mentioned it. I'm at the
La Concha resort in San Juan, Puerto Rico - right on the water. It would be a beautiful view - except for the fact that it is dark outside, and the windows are all steamed up due to the rain. Oh well, a guy's got to eat! In the ball room a few yards away are hundreds of high schoolers enjoying their Prom night - yes, on a Tuesday. Strange, don't you agree?
Back to the dessert... To be honest, I really don't like cheesecake... so I was in a dilema. Have the tiramisu (which I enjoyed two weeks ago, and will write about in a future, reverse order, post) or try the cheesecake lollipops - one of which was flavored as Tiramisu. To be fair, me writing a post about how good the cheesecake is, is much like my son writing a post about how great different types of green beans taste. He's probably not going to give ANY of them a great review...
Well, despite my concern, the cheesecake lollipops won out... This is a blog - not a real food critique!! I figured I could write about the Tiramisu flavored pop and keep this post relevant.
Unfortunately for the Tiramisu fans out there, of the 4 pops that came with the dish, that was the least tasty!! The plate came with Oreo, Pistachio, Tiramisu, and a "red one"... As you can tell, I didn't really pay attention to the server... But after enjoying all of these, the "red one" was clearly the winner by taste.
The Oreo pop was good, in a "mud pie" sort of way. The Oreo part was a bit mushy - but added some good flavor. The Pistachio pop was really good. I love pistachios - in particular I like the Pistachio Cashew ice cream from
Thrifty (Now Rite Aid) - that was one of the best ice cream flavors on earth!! Only Double Chocolate Malted Crunch could keep me away from it... ok, so could Marble Fudge, Mint Chip, and good ol' Chocolate Chip - but still - its the best GREEN ice cream around! (Uh, what's the point???) Nothing really, except the the Pistachio Cheescake pop was tasty...
The Tiramisu pop just didn't deliver. It was more like a cappucino pop. It just didn't make me think I was eating Tiramisu (or cheesecake) - so I moved on...
Lastly, and certainly not least, was the "red one". This was good stuff! It tasted like a
strawberry shortcake ice cream bar - which, of course, is the best Ice Cream Truck ice cream bar 30 cents used to be able to buy. This was definitely the winner in my book. I'm going to go with Strawberry as the official flavor.
So, we'll call it... Voga at La Concha Resort has a great treat if you love cheescake. The lollipop format even convinced and avowed cheesecake hater to try them!
Unfortunately though, I must say, these cheesecake pops didn't quite take the title of best Tiramisu in Italy...
The quest continues!!!
