Sweet teeth

So anyway, our new friend Landon was taking us around Boston the other week. He got Chinese on us and snagged the check at Buddha's Delight. Wendy and I said we'd get dessert. Maybe he was onto us?

The three of us wound up going to Finale, this high-end joint on a sharp corner with stuffed booths and windows all around. Not far from the Theater District, most of the clientele were dressed up in suits or dresses. Then again, everyone looks dressed up when you're visiting anywhere from L.A., probably just because it's colder so everyone's wearing sweaters and coats.

But the great thing about Finale is not the seafood, prime rib, or steaks. There are some appetizers, but menu's focus is fancy dessert. It's not cheap--dishes range from $9 for crème brulee to $11 for Manjari Mousse to $27 for a chocolate sampler for two--but everything is ridiculously good. (Each item is matched with fancy wines as well as liqueured-up coffees, but we had straight joe.) It's a place for special occasions, for sure, but totally worth it.

I think I can safely speak for all of us when I say it's a good thing we walked from Chinatown to Park Plaza and back to the hotel by Boston Commons.

Are there other places like this? In L.A., we've got places like Sweet Lady Jane's and Susina, but I don't know about anything this fancy. Maybe it's for our own good.