Yoji and the Foodies

When I go to Starbucks, I just order brewed coffee or Mocha Frapuccino because…well…seriously, have you seen the food they have on display? They look like they’ve been sitting there for a long time. True enough, the cheesecake tasted like it had been sitting there for a good 2 days or so. But that was a year ago and I recently had the courage to try out some of their new offerings. I enjoyed their Grilled Tuna Wrap so I figured, perhaps, other food items they have on display would be as impressive.

After having a wonderful dinner at Flavors of China, my friend Ozbound and I decided to have our coffee fix at Starbucks and I couldn’t decide what to get for desserts so I ordered the first thing that caught my attention  - Banoffee Pie.

It’s huge so I figured this should be enough for the two of us. It looks a little intimidating and (very) fattening. So what’s inside the banoffee pie? Sliced bananas with toffee sauce on a bed of crushed (and sweetened) graham crackers. The combination is a real treat to the palate. I just wished they didn’t make the crust very sweet.  This goes very well with black coffee but I ordered a mocha frappucino, which explains the sugar rush that lasted for a good two hours or so.

Pizza tart invokes images of sweet and savory treat, leaving you in a confused state of mind. Tarts, by default, fall under the category of desserts, but food evolution (and revolution) made what seemed impossible, possible. With that said, pizza tart recipes are easily accessed over the Internet, some are complicated, others a cinch. I really try to simplify my  cooking style because there’s really little point in spending hours slaving over something that will be eaten in just a few minutes.

The only reason I made a pizza tart is that we had leftover spaghetti sauce. I had mozzarella and edam cheese waiting and the only thing missing is the pizza crust. I cannot be bothered making crust from scratch so I bought a mini pizza crust that is a little thick – much like a mini deep dish version. This is not realy a tart, in the very sense of the word, but you see, it’s just nomenclature. The important thing is that you find a crust that is deep enough to create the illusion of a tart after the pizza is baked. You can create the crust, puff-pastry style, and that would be more faithful to the definition of tart.

Just spread the spaghetti sauce on the crust. Add mozarella cheese and edam cheese and bake for 5 minutes.

Voila