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dish shows creativity and culinary thinking outside the
box. With this dish the chef has taken a classic element of
Chinese cuisine and married it with something that has
more international sensibilities. There is an elegance in
the size — it is a gem of a dessert — and the experience
is so intense because the chocolate is so rich.”
How often do you dine at the Bento Box?
PB “We had been there a few times, but merely ordered
the sushi and not taken notice of the dessert menu,
because generally speaking you don’t think in terms of
dessert when you go to an Asian restaurant.”
Was it something someone suggested?
PB “Our server mentioned that they had some delicious
chocolate pot stickers and it caught my attention. I usually
try to order things that I probably wouldn’t make
myself, and this was one of them because it was a recipe
that I had not seen anywhere else in the world.”
The Dish With a crunchy exterior and silky smooth
Belgian chocolate center, chef Lee Grossman experiments
with different flavors, pairing chocolate with Thai chili,
cashews, coconut, peanut butter and even bacon. The
chocolate pot stickers are offered with three different
caramel sauces.
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