Spot Dessert Bar

Spot, St. Mark's Place

Featuring Asian flavors like green tea, yuzu and coconut milk, Spot melds the east and the west in delicious dessert tapas.  Indulge your senses with their specialty Chocolate Green Tea Lava Cake -chocolate cake with molten green tea ganache served with green tea ice-cream on a bed of walnut crumbs.  Scoop some ice-cream and cake, savor and swoon.  Okay, maybe swoon is too strong a reaction, but this tapa is one of my favorites.  The green tea tempers the sweetness of the chocolate balancing out this dessert perfectly.

I've also tried their Smoked Coconut Cheesecake and Kabocha Brulee Cake. The cheesecake served with coconut ice-cream was light and tropical with citrus hints.  And the Kabocha tapa, pumpkin cake topped with condensed milk ice-cream, drenched me with sweetness.  If you like sugar explosions, you will love this.

Also served are cupcakes, flavors include Vietnamese coffee, apple crumble, and red velvet;

macaroons of vanilla green tea, taro and passion fruit among others; as well as cookies, cakes, specialty coffees, teas, bubble teas and special Spot drinks such as Homemade Mango Soda, Thai Iced-Tea Float, and Hot Matcha Latte.

They have two locations.  In St. Mark's Place Spot is cheerful and intimate, a lovely place to visit

with a date or friends.  The restaurant style service was fast and friendly.  Keep your eyes peeled on the street as the bar is below ground and easy to miss.  In Korea Town Spot is on the third floor of Food Gallery 32, a lively self-service place with spacious seating -great for groups or the solo diner.

http://www.spotdessertbar.com/