Creme Brulee Torch

As a Global Commodities Director for a Fortune 100 company I travel overseas monthly and have countless business dinners at great , business-expense, gourmet dining locations across the globe. To make my dining a little more interesting I have benchmarked certain foods around the globe.

Creme Brulee has been my choice of dessert for the last 2 years. As I have consumed tons of creme brulee I have noted with interest the different creme brulee torch that is used to caramelise the creme brulee. As far as the best tasting Creme brulee I would day a small family-owned dining location in northern Italy where the torch was a bunsen burner-type of device that one would see in a high school. This device needs a spark to get it ignited, somewhat like welding torch. The worst creme brulee I have ever savored was in Paris. In fact I believe the dislike of the dessert-maker towards Americans had a lot to do with the overcooked, burnt creme brulee. Of course in Paris when you're not happy with a certain food item the French just make a face and look up to the sky like you just came off of Pluto. 
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