Papa Haydn’s

March 9, 2008 by  

Hang around Portland long enough and somebody will suggest going to Papa Haydn’s for late dessert. That’s ’cause these guys do dessert like kangaroos hop. There’s a regular, non-sweet restaurant, too, and the food’s probably pretty good, but who knows? Nobody I know gets past the dessert case.

This week Mom decided to postpone her birthday party (and the cake) for a week and just do dinner out with whoever remained after sick kids, emergency business trippers and the like took their toll. I stopped off at the 23rd St. PH’s for three pieces of cake: hazelnut torte, raspberry gateau, and triple chocolate cake. ($24 for the three)

All three were dense, incredibly chocolatey and so rich and huge that each slice was enough for three people. My favorite was the hazelnut torte, but I could have tossed them all and just slurped the raspberry sauce that came with the gateau—-hoooooooooly cow.

I’m not a huge chocolate fan, so the triple chocolate cake was a bit too much for me but Mom, a world-class chocoholic, loved it.They’ve got non-chocolate stuff, too. I’ve never had any dessert there that wasn’t well worth the price.

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