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| - If I was a preacher, I would do all my sermons standing on the counter of Jean Philippe inside the ARIA casino. My sermon would be filled with a bunch of "Goodlawds" and "heaven on earth" kind of phrases.
Beauty can be only sugar-crust deep sometimes, but Jean Philippe Patisserie is not shallow in any way. The displays are stunning and made me run up and down the long cases, from the chocolatier section all the way to the napkins like a Mad Hatter. Even the napkins looked good.
Pistachio rice krispie treats. That was new, and though I didn't try it, I did have the Pistachio Dark Chocolate truffle. It was good, but my least favorite item, only because it was like eating pistachio Jell-O pudding housed in chocolate. Bill Cosby would have approved, though. The Earl Grey Dark Chocolate truffle, with the delicate, Chinese-font word "tea" printed on it was so good, I exclaimed after each nibble until it was gone.
I also got a blueberry "cupcake" - which wasn't a cupcake really at all. Pro-tip: the exterior tan bottom? It's not edible. You know I found out the hard way. It was like blueberry cheesecake all around the outside, with deep purple cake in the center, intermixed with the vanilla bean cream cheese filling. Delicious, but after a couple of bites, it was too cheesecakey to me (not overly a fan of cheesecake) and passed off to my garbage dumpster--I mean, my friend.
But GOODLAWD. The giant raspberry macaron, filled with vanilla cream and fresh sweet (not tangy!) raspberries was unlike anything I have ever had before. From the sugared rose petal on top to the vanilla bean swirled filling inside, I could not get enough! May be on my top 10 fave dessert list now ^_^
'Hope this wasn't tl;dr, but get your hiney over to one of the Jean Philippe Patiserries STAT. Pretend it's a slot machine that you can't lose on.
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