Caffe Demetre is a regular dessert spot for my friends and I. We've been here so many times it would be virtually impossible to count. Talk about calories, each menu item probably has enough sugar to put you into a coma! However that would be one sweeet coma.
My favourite is a dessert called Moo-La-La, which is full of chocolaty goodness. Add a cappuccino onto that order and it is, how you say, parfait.
What I love about this place is that they make their own ice cream on site. Yes that's right. The following is an excerpt from their website:
"Each Caffé Demetre has been set up with equipment to prepare and harden ice cream in small batches using Caffé Demetre original recipes. While ice cream is extracted from the machines, inclusions such as nuts and chocolate chips are added in. Real cream and a lower amount of sugar are used to make a formulated mix which is pasteurized and homogenized "to spec" for Caffé Demetre by a local dairy. During our manufacturing process we freeze our mix with flavours, emulsions, real melted chocolates and other "goodies" to create the smoothest ice cream imaginable. Then we take the finished product and fast-freeze it overnight, down to -40 degrees F. The next day the ice cream is tempered to a "scoopable" consistency and served in our cafes. Because the product is not exposed to "heat shock" (melting and refreezing -many times over when ice cream sits on loading docks and truck bays -such as store bought ice cream) it remains smooth, rich and creamy. Our stores currently make 65,000 litres of Ice Cream annually. Our Iced Cream is truly an artisan product and we take great pride in making it for you."
I'm all about quality, and Caffe Demetre is just that.