Thursday, 8 April 2010

Allmänna Galleriet 925 (Stockholm, Sweden)


Overall Rating: 2/5 spoons
Value: 2 
Caramel topping: 2
Portion: 2
Vanilla ratio: 2
Consistency of custard: 2

Disappointing effort all round, old chaps.  At first we thought perhaps one of us had gotten a dud, but unfortunately all three tasters came to the same conclusion with this one.  (In fact one of us, who shall remain nameless, strongly considered rigging up a flambé torch from oh, say, a cigarette lighter and a perfume atomiser, and burning the hell out of the caramel topping. Or the chef's recipe book.) 

Meagre layer of lacklustre, thin cream - the kind of custard that has lost it's will to live and can only languish, pale and embarrassed, beneath a similiarly unimpressive caramel layer hoping you won't notice it so it can die in peace.  For the price you would be better off with four whiskies.

Verdict: Unless this is the last crème brûlée for 100 miles (it isn't), stick to a stiff drink and a saunter around the photography exhibitions next door.

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