WARNING!!! -  Not for the faint of stomach.

Dessert:     Godiva® Brownie Sundae (Godiva® Chocolate Brownie, Vanilla Ice Cream, Hot Fudge, Whipped Cream and Toasted Almonds)

Place:         Cheesecake Factory

Price:         $7.95 + tax

Experience:   Horrific Delight

Explanation – The mistake we made was to order ANYTHING else prior to trying this out. He ordered appetizer crab cakes and hummus (comes with a tower of pita bread slices); I ordered Kalamari. We were enjoying our appetizer-turn entrees; it was a hot afternoon and everything we had ordered so far was nice and light. Our drinks of choice were also light – he had ice water, I had hot water with lemon. The ‘I -don’t-really-want-to-be-here-but-I’ll-muster-decent-service’ waitress asked if we wanted to see the dessert menu. Sure! I had my mind set on Tiramisu and he?…I don’t remember. Anyway, we got the desert menu and said waitress suggested a specialty dessert.  She did try to warn us that it was sizable, but I didn’t feel like sharing, so we got two. From the first spoonful it was delightful. Everything about this sundae was melt-in-your-mouth perfection. Everything but those brownie peaks. The consistency was a bit stiff which we weren’t used to, but that wasn’t the downside. The fact that it induced immediate lethargy! – that should have come with a warning. Sitting there not being able to breathe because of having ingested something so good, felt so bad. I swore I wasn’t going to eat a morsel of food for the next two days and I was so sure this dessert would suffice even though neither of us could muster the strength to eat more than half of it.

The Remedy:     I worked out in my 8-inch pole dancing heels everyday for three days and ingested nothing more than my Spinach Smoothie, hot tea and water.

The Take-away:     Only eat this horrific delight once maybe twice a year and it will be the Appetizer, Entree and Dessert.

image source: T.Richard (Godiva® Brownie Sundae from Cheesecake Factory).