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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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