Ice Cream Tuesdays at Wilshire Restaurant

Expectations can be a nasty thing when you are excited about an idea and a new place to eat. The idea: from 6 to 10:00 PM, Tuesdays only, a special cuisine ice cream menu. The place: Wilshire Restaurant, 2454 Wilshire Blvd. Santa Monica CA, 310-586-1707. My boss gave me an LA Times article announcing this once-a-week event. I was excitied for days. Wilshire Restaurant is a high-end restaurant where dinner averages about $60 a person before drinks. There's valet parking in an area where there's little street parking. Reservations highly recommended.



The ice cream was delicious. The presentation was fun and elegant. The combinations inventive and tasty. We ordered Chocolate pudding cake with pistachio ice cream as well as a four cone sampler.

It's a summer night but they have the outdoor heaters on. The moment the ice cream lands on your table, it begins to melt. "Ready, GO!!!" There's no chance to savor anything. You gotta hurry up and eat which is unfortunate since the chef obviously put a lot of thought into the combinations of flavors and textures. It was delicious, though. The other odd thing about this place is it's dark regal decor surrounding these color concrete tables that are unusually long. There's a lot of realestate between you and your dinner partner. No whispering hear, you must enunciate and project.

Lastly and most important, they advertise and it was highlighted in an LA Times article last week that they have an amazing banana split. Ouch! Don't tell me that and decide to take it off of the following weeks menu! Alas, my heart was split but I was flexible. Otherwise, if you have a $100 to go splurge, this is your place.