Friday, July 08, 2005

Good & Plenty

My co worker Christine got me hooked on the banana pudding at Good and Plenty (410 W. 43rd St bw 9/10th Ave). That stuff is amazing. I want to put it on my face and lick it off. Actually, I want to put it on Clive Owen's face and lick it off. But I digress.
I won't show a picture because my camera is broken, and it's not much to look at. They serve it in a to go container, so it gets smushed, but the taste. Man, the taste! The texture! The smell! The pudding is actually vanilla. And I'm not a vanilla person, but this pudding is AWESOME. Between bites of velvet, you get the chunks of sweet banana that add the flavor. Instead of damp 'nilla wafers, the luscious bits of cake really elevate this dessert. The real whipped cream is just the pudding on the cake. Sort of.
However, like most obsessions, this one is complicated. The demand is greater than the supply. They don't serve the banana pudding everyday. There are only two employees that make pudding. One woman only works on Sunday, so the chances of pudding are greater on Monday. That is if they don't run out of it. The second lady works more regularly, but you just never know if she'll make it. I just called into the store (212.268-4385/86) and asked if they ever have butterscotch pudding. Sadly, they haven't had it in a month. I'm dying to try it!!!

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