Bill
I attacked this cake with the traditional horizontal fork approach. It repelled my plastic fork in a glorious statement that it was a cake of more serious substance.
The cake was wonderfully dense, packed tightly with chocolatey truffley goodness. It would only allow itself to be eaten by shaving off slices. The cake's texture was so uniform and its flavor so deep and rich that it was like an artist captured the Victorian era in a dessert. This cake deserves our divine rating.
3276 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20007-3624
(202) 342-2500
Google map & reviews (3.84/5.00)
Yelp (3.5/5)
TripAdvisor (5/5; #2 shopping place in DC)
We normally don't review desserts that aren't offered commercially. We're breaking the format for a special holiday post from Laura, as part of our effort to convince her to write for us. If readers are interested, we'll see what we can do to share this cake.
Laura
Having entered chocolate cake-baking contests as a teen in 4-H, I thought I had seen it all when it comes to the marvels of a faultless cake. Not so…and not until Thanksgiving 2011 when Bill made his deluxe red velvet cake.
Umm Georgetown Cupcake? Crumbs what?! Oh Founding Farmers, you’re so close, but no thank you. Bill’s velvet underground is where it’s at. This perfect combination of homemade cake batter made with select ingredients that result in a soft and gooey deep red cake layered and layered with soft cream-cheese, almost-frozen frosting is the most decadent holiday masterpiece. It's so good that you'll make Santa's nice list, no matter how naughty your calorie count gets.
THANKS BILL!!!
Bill
Burgers are the new tapas in DC, and at least this trend tends to bring milkshakes with it. Unfortunately, Bobby's Burger Palace's Vanilla Caramel Bourbon milkshake comes nowhere near living up to the excitement about the restaurant overall.
Instead of incorporating the caramel flavor evenly into the shake, some caramel ribbons swirl through the glass. This caramel sauce can add intriguing texture and flavor to an ice-cream dish eaten with a spoon, but it's largely lost in a dish enjoyed through a thick straw. This shake lacked the deep, indulgent vanilla flavor that should be expected in a vanilla shake. The only traceable flavor was the bourbon. The problem wasn't that the bourbon was so strong or voluminous that it overpowered the other flavors; it was that the other flavors were weak and didn't blend well. This left the shake tasting like chilled bourbon and sugar rather than a milkshake. Skip this dessert.
2121 K Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20037
(202) 974-6260
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Washington Post (Readers: 2/4)
Yelp (3/5)
Tripadvisor (4/5)
