International Cheesecake Reunion

For those of you who don't know, my sisters and I occasionally meet up with our Aunt Sara for a "cheesecake reunion" at the Cheesecake Factory. We usually order appetizers to share and then each get our own piece of cheesecake. Let me tell you... the cheesecake there is FABULOUS and if you've never gone I would HIGHLY recommend it! Well... although all of us are currently in different parts of the world, we decided to hold our cheesecake reunion anyways. We picked a day during which each of us would have to find a place that serves cheesecake, no matter where we are in the world, and go there to have a piece.


The place I picked to go for my cheesecake was Enjoy Cafe. Enjoy Cafe is a quaint little cafe situated right next to the ocean. The cafe is entirely surrounded by glass windows, so you can see out in all directions. It is an open cafe, and when we first arrived here in August they usually had the floor heaters running to warm up the place. There is seating indoors and outdoors. I usually prefer to sit indoors (as I am ALWAYS cold), but the day we went was the most PERFECT day for soaking up the sun with some of my friends. Although I've never eaten a meal there, they also have a full menu... entrees, drinks, GREAT coffee & tea, ice cream which you can order HUGE sundaes of, and of course what I consider to be their best offering... the tortas (desserts!)


Upon my arrival at the cafe, I immediately proceeded to the dessert window display. Everything looked DELICIOUS! I first asked the worker behind the counter to show me the cheesecakes. They had 2 kinds... blueberry & chocolate. Much to my disappointment, these 2 cheesecakes did not look appealing to me. I can't quite explain it, but they were definitely not up to par w/ Cheesecake Factory cheesecake, so I began asking about the other desserts. I saw one that looked kind of like a cheesecake... it was mainly white with a jelley-like raspberry or strawberry topping. They told me that it was "Kuchen de Ricotta", and that it was kind of like a cheesecake. Ricotta?!? Perfect I thought! Ricotta is definitely a type of cheese. So that is what I ordered, and it was pretty good. My friend Larissa and I actually ended up splitting it along with a Trufa-Manjar cake that was equally as good.


I, along with my friends (who LOVED the idea of our Cheesecake Reunions and were MORE than happy to partake), had a great time endulging at Enjoy Cafe. As we were leaving we vowed to return before we leave Chile in approximately 1 month. AHH!!! How the time flies...


Goal for the week: To get a start of my final literature paper which is due next Friday. AHH!!! AND to not stress out about it at the same time =)