B Sweet Dessert Bar
Sunday Sin-namon Roll
Salted Caramel Bread Pudding
Cornbread Bread Pudding – Thrifty Vanilla Ice Cream
Already three-deep in sweets after breakfast at Gjusta, snacks at Primo’s, and brunch at Flores it was simply a matter of curiosity and convenience that drew me through the doors of B Sweet and although not particularly hungry a selection of bread puddings proved absolutely irresistible, the grab n’ go packaging particularly convenient for a Packers vs. Seahawks mid-game snack.
Originally a catering concept founded by Barb Batiste, with a focus on old-school cakes and pastries mastered during stints at California hotels as well cafes, the Sawtelle Dessert Bar is the first Brick and Mortar iteration of Chef Batiste’s concepts and already shipping frozen puddings to retailers such as Target the concept seems ripe to expand with a rotating menu of weekly in-house offerings alongside old classics from which a few samples were tasted before selecting a trio – two ‘be good’ sized bread puddings, and a daily special that unfortunately proved to be nothing particularly special at all.
Eschewing enormous cookies, cheese cakes, ready-to-eat cookie dough, and Barb’s famous Chocolate Chip Banana Bread it was instead with a small-ish cinnamon roll that the tasting began and although nicely gilded with butter and top grade cinnamon amidst rich frosting the bun itself was unfortunately dry with a flavor no better than Bisquick – a trend thankfully reversed in the pair of puddings to follow.
Opting to indulge in one ‘standard’ and one ‘special,’ each priced at $4, it was with a $1 Thrifty Ice Cream upgrade that I partook in steamy, custard infused cornbread and eating something corn pudding at first with the melting vanilla quickly giving the cup an almost cream corn-like texture it would be hard to imagine a better marriage of the two, each bite a little sweet and just a touch saline with exquisite transition to the tried n’ true Salty Caramel that followed – just one rich bite enjoyed in store, but the rest remaining warm in the package for further enjoyment just a few hours later.
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