Try its excellent pinot noir and gorgeous dessert wine.
The tiny ice cream stand inside the Block, a must-visit food hall in Annandale, makes the gorgeous dessert by slicing pillowy doughnuts and loading them with Willy Wonka-worthy ice cream flavors like matcha Oreo, Vietnamese coffee and ube, a purple yam popular in Filipino cooking.
Or you might splurge at any time on the gorgeous dessert pastries like perfectly flakey millefeuille with peanut butter mousse, caramel cream, and caramel peanuts, or an orange "Creamsicle" tart on brown butter cake with vanilla mousse and almond shortbread.
A few gorgeous desserts, such as green tea mousse layered with vivid orange mango, made a bigger impression on the eyes than the palate.
Middle brother Josep is sommelier, in charge of over 1,000 wines, while little brother Jordi creates utterly gorgeous desserts, some inspired by perfumes like his Trésor de Lancôme.
If you can take your eyes off the gorgeous desserts, you're likely to find a whole roast chicken, moist, crinkle-skinned and lemon-scented, stuffed with olives and hunks of light, pillowy bread that absorb the citrus, olive and herbal flavors.
"mini artisanal gorgeous desserts" - a description a fan came up with which, unfortunately, "doesn't fit too well on a business card".
9 p.m. 3. Head Into Port Across the street, the ocean view at Hurricane (111 Perkins Cove Road, 207-646-6348) is gorgeous, and the dessert menu is often equally breathtaking.
Right now, I really love the Sunflower Tart, which has rolled up slices of fresh apricots and a passion fruit curd –- it's this gorgeous sunset-colored dessert that has a hint of exoticism from my friend Lior's Boite D'Epice spice blend, Mish Mish (saffron, honey, lemon peel, and peppercorn).
This is one of these restaurants where apparent simplicity disguises painstaking attention to detail: gorgeous bread and desserts, a smart, affordable wine list (the owners' background in the estimable likes of St John and the Quality Chop House shines through).
Justine Pattison; Twitter: @JustinePattison Serve as a snack or as a gorgeous garnish for another dessert.
