Banana Brulee Split

There were a few items on the Catch dessert menu that were intriguing to us. One was the cookie bucket. A was also intrigued by the peanut butter souffle because it came with peanut butter cup popsicles. Ultimately we decided to split the banana brulee split since it sounded fantastic.


The banana brulee split consisted of a banana split in half with a caramelized sugar topping like a brulee. There were 3 ice cream selections as well - raspberry, gianduja and cookie dough.


M's take: The banana brulee part of the dessert was delicious. As I've said before, my favorite part of creme brulee is the top with the caramelized sugar, so I was a fan of this. The ice cream flavors were a big factor in the appeal of this dessert as they are all flavors I love. The raspberry ice cream was milder than raspberry sorbet, and it tasted like an actual raspberry. It was topped with a few raspberries as well. The gianduja (chocolate hazelnut) was also nice and rich. But my favorite was the cookie dough. It came with little pieces of cookie on the side and it was fantastic. Definitely my favorite part, followed by the banana. I could go for some more of that cookie dough section right now!

A's take: This dessert was unbelievable. The bananas were caramelized beautifully, and they kept all of the actual banana flavor on top of it. I can eat ice cream all day, and these 3 flavors were masterful. The raspberry ice cream tasted just like raspberries. There wasn't any creaminess or additional flavor detected at all, and it amazed me that they were able to create such a perfect flavor. The gianduja was a bit disappointing to me. Normally hazelnut and chocolate combine to provide a very distinct nutty/chocolate-y flavor, but this seemed a little lacking. Perhaps it was just muted, but I really was expecting more from this flavor. The cookie dough was different than every other cookie dough I had ever had, but it was not a bad thing. Normally you think of vanilla ice cream with lumps of cookie dough mixed when you think of cookie dough ice cream, but this was nothing like that. It's almost like they captured cookie dough essence or flavoring and just made ice cream with it. Pair that with the cookie crumble bits and the cookie disc on the bottom of the ice cream, and it was by far the best flavor on the plate.