Brownies and Ice-Cream with a Pot of Tea

Location: Häagen-Daaz Cafe, Leicester Square, London
www.haagen-dazs.co.uk/cafes/menu.htm
Date: Tuesday 3 March 2009
Details: Chocolate Macadamia Brownie with scoops of Dulce de Leche and Vanilla Caramel Brownie ice-creams with a pot of English Breakfast tea

Notes: My brother and I had such a disappointing Indian meal at 'Masala Zone' (opposite the Royal Opera House) that we had to erase it by having an outrageously sugary dessert somewhere else. After a foray into a ChinaTown 'Hello Kitty' emporium (where John bought two strange-but-cute plush dogs), we ended up in Leicester Square at this cafe which was buzzing and full of tourists.

We both ordered tea. John had a 'Cookie Crunch' - a tall sundae glass which was crammed with Cookies&Cream ice-cream, cookie pieces, hot fudge sauce and chocolate sprinkles. J plunged his spoon in and it oozed obscenely over the side. Yum. I had a Brownie Extreme - two (!) chocolate and macadamia nut brownies with 2 scoops of ice-cream - I swapped the set options to my favourites: Vanilla Caramel Brownie and Dulce de Leche.

I couldn't manage two brownies - good job too, because the plate was probably my entire calorie allowance for one day, a total sugar overload and entirely nutrition-free. Wahey! And tastes even better on someone else's expenses!