Extraordinary Desserts
1430 Union St
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 294-7001
http://www.extraordinarydesserts.com
What to do when you have some time to kill in the afternoon in San Diego? Have dessert, of course.
I read about Karen Krasne’s Extraordinary Desserts a long time ago. The pictures on their website always made me drool. Finally I got to try their extraordinary dessert in San Diego.
Their cake is super fancy schmacy. I think I walked back and forth like 7 times and still couldn’t decide which cake I wanted to try.
Even their muffin looked too pretty to eat.
I finally decided on the Shangri-La.
We grabbed a seat in the loft style dining area.
Fantinel Prosecco ($9.00)
Dr. P is not that into sweets. So he said he would just have a few bites of my cake. He got a Fantinel Prosecco while watching me eating my cake. The Prosecco came with a rose pedal in it. Not only it looked pretty, it also gave the champagne a nice rose fragrance.
Shangri-La ($7.95)
Layers of Kirsch soaked cake filled with guava and white chocolate mousses with fresh strawberries and finished with whipped cream.
The cake came to the table. There were a lot of woo and wow. It’s really not just ordinary dessert. The piece of cake looked almost like an art piece.
I LOVE everything about this cake. The fresh strawberry, the moist cake, the white chocolate, the sauce.
Dr. P had a bite, then a second bite. And he still wanted more. I was like, “I thought you said you’re only gonna have 2 bites. Go get your own cake!”
I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Extraordinary Desserts! Now I live in Irvine, San Diego is only 1 hour away. Is it worth 1 hour drive to get some Extraordinary Dessert? I think so!
It looks not only pretty but also romantic!
Oh Mine!
Such beautiful cakes!
Thanks you so much for sharing those pictures.
those pieces are truly arts!! looks too pretty to eat them!!
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K.J
yummmmmooo! I’m not a sweet guy (pun intended
) but those deserts were so balanced and tasty to the last piece of white chocolate…
I went there once…forgot the taste since it’s been a long time….packed with people at late night…cool place to hang out…
good to know that the cake actually look exactly like the ones they promoted on their website
Have to try it next time then… wish it’d be a closer drive 
You should try the passion fruit torte next time! I liked the shangri la until I discovered the passion fruit one. Your comment about driving an hour from Irvine made me laugh. That’s how I feel about driving from SD to Irvine for places I like to eat at!
You should also try their napoliean pie..the best ever…