Holland House is known for its potables, but it should be known for it's bread pudding! I can't believe I didn't find it on any of the lists. I just happened to stop in and saw it on the menu. Again, it reminded me why I'd rather have a forkful of bread pudding than a drink any day. And why my tour of bread puddings this month has got to end! I'm on a roll and don't want to gain a roll.This was elegant in name, execution and taste. Warm cocoa nib bread pudding featuring chocolate chunks, walnuts, Nutella brittle, chantilly cream and chocolate ganache. It was a mouthful to read and a mouthful of pleasure to taste. Please forgive the to-go box for not giving it the setting that it deserves. Whoa - this was not some thrown together dessert with bits of whatever the cook had handy. This BP is at a whole other level, and I again had to up the fork-quotient to give it its due. My goodness, the description can't even do justice to the complexity of textures and tastes that abounded in this treat, but it's a start. It made me wish I was a real food writer. Nothing in it was off-balance, it was a new combination of wonderfulness with each forkful. Ahhhh.
Price: 8.00 (well worth it, unlike Chappy's)
Raisins: No
Sauce: Chantilly creme, chocolate ganache
Ice cream: No
Visited: October 2012
Holland House Bar and Refuge
