A Visit to the Bald Man

This weekend I decided to hit up the Union Square Greenmarket again to see what goodies they had available. I also had plans to try Amy Ruth’s up in Harlem, but after pushing through the crowds at the market and browsing in Barnes and Noble, I was a little too tired and grumpy to ride the subway that far.

I had seen that a Max Brenner restaurant was somewhere on the square, so I started walking the edges of the market, looking for the restaurant. I finally found out on a rather busy corner, but was surprised to get a table right away.

Max Brenner’s is mainly a chocolate restaurant, although they do have non-chocolate entrees for breakfast/brunch/lunch. I decided on an asparagus crepe, and while delicious, was really more spinach than asparagus. I also got a steaming cup of dark chocolate café mocha with such a rich taste that it was almost shocking.

The highlight of meal, of course, was dessert. I decided on The Golden Heart, a chocolate cake with a molten chocolate center. I also got toffee bananas, ice cream topped with chocolate, and a beaker of caramel sauce on the side. Everything was so rich and delicious, I could have just had dessert.

On the way out, I stopped to admire the offerings in the glass case. Among them was a syringe of liquid chocolate. Now THAT was made by someone that understands a chocolate craving.