Seasons 52

Seasons 52 in Rookwood, Ohio is the restaurant I went to for my birthday dinner this past Friday. It took me two days to decide where I wanted to eat, but my final decision was based on the fact that I wanted to try something different than a regular steak house. Seasons 52 is unique because everything on the menu has a calorie count next to it, and all meals are under 1000 calories. Not only was Seasons 52 a healthy option, but it was most certainly a delicious one, and I'm glad I chose this restaurant because I will definitely be choosing it again. I didn't choose this restaurant with getting desert for this blog on my mind. In fact, no one planned on getting a dessert. My parents had a cake waiting at home for when we got back. The manager accidentally dropped my brother's dinner, so because of this we got a free meal and free desert. After everyone was finish eating they brought out a big plate with all different types of desert cups on it.

I originally chose a raspberry brownie cup, which isn't shown on this picture (I pulled it off the internet). But I also tried the peanut butter pretzel (bottom right) and the lemon blueberry (second to left, bottom).

My favorite was the raspberry brownie. I'm a sucker for fruits and chocolate, so it made perfect sense to get this one. It was just rich enough, and both flavors were definitely present. This was one of those deserts that was so good I didn't let anyone else try, and I ate the whole thing by myself.

Next I had a bite of the peanut butter pretzel that my boyfriend ordered. He's a huge Reese's fan, and it was hard for me to get him to let me try his (he wanted it all to himself too). I didn't try the chip on the top, but he said it was a pretzel cookie kinda thing. This one was really good too. It tasted just like I was eating a melted Reese's cup. I don't think you can top that one

Finally I tried my brother's lemon blueberry cup. I'm not the biggest blueberry fan but I like anything lemon. It tasted just as its description is, a lemon mouse with fresh blueberries in it. If you like fruit, this one's for you.

Seasons 52 is a restaurant that could please anyone. I highly recommend visiting. The atmosphere and ambiance of the place is one I don't see often, it really was the perfect place for my birthday.  

Macaron Bar

Macaron Bar in Kenwood Mall caught my attention when I was walking out of Nordstrom. I had heard of the store in Hyde Park, but never visited. I used the little kiosk to my advantage and walked up to check it out. All of the macarons were lined up in a desert case-like display. I went ahead and just got a regular order. The box holds 6 macarons. I ordered Madagascar Vanilla, Coffee, Pistachio, Lemon, Earl Grey Tea, and Matcha Green Tea flavored cookie sandwiches. Overall, they all tasted excellent. Unfortunately, the individual flavors did not stand out as well as I had hoped, but no flavor tasted the exact same. Personally my favorite was the Green Tea. I was curious as to what it would taste like, and after watching a Food News that portrayed Green Tea KitKats as delicious, I figured the Green Tea macaron was worth a try. The lemon was the most recognizable flavor of the 5 of them (but then again who can screw up a lemon flavored treat?). I paid about five dollars for the macarons. Being less than a dollar each, I think that's a steal.

One of the big factors of the Macaron Bar was the design. Everything was really clean and modern looking. A touch that I really enjoyed was that the cashier slid a little menu of all the flavors into my box before she handed it to me. In my opinion, the little menu is a really good marketing idea. This way, guests can look at the menu and think, "Oh, that flavor sounds really good" and plan to go back to the shop and get flavors they didn't try before.

My experience at the MacBar kiosk was great, I plan to travel to the real shop in Hyde Park soon and try other flavors. I would recommend the Macaron Bar to anyone, it was a sweet surprise to me. I loved it!

 

 

 

 

http://www.macaron-bar.com