Have guac for dessert at Rosa Mexicano.
Photo: courtesy of the restaurant
If “eat dessert first” is your mantra, you won’t want to miss Rosa Mexicano’s “Festival de Helados,” a celebration of sweet and spicy ice cream happening from June 24–July 19. Special dishes offered include sweet potato and rum raisin ice cream, a dessert guacamole prepared tableside served with chocolate-dusted sweet tortilla chips and sweet tomatillo sauce, and even a savory appetizer with poblano pepper sorbet.
On July 11, a cooking demonstration and luncheon will focus on some of the most popular treats from the fest (10:00 AM; free for children and their accompanying adult; $35 per adult without a child; reserve at 212-397-0666, ext. 27).
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Helados
Choice of three, $8.50
Coco con Cáscara de Limón Cristalizada
coconut & candied lime zest
Crema de Cacahuate y Chocolate de Oaxaca
peanut butter and Oaxacan chocolate
Aguacate
salted avocado and butter
Comote y Pasas en Ron
sweet potato and rum raisin
Vainilla
vanilla
Camino Rocoso
Mexican Rocky Road with white coffee ice cream, Mexican chocolate chips, chocolate marshmallow swirl, and toasted almonds
Poblano
Poblano pepper
Piña con Especias
pineapple cinnamon ápice
Tuna y Arándano Azul
prickly pear and blueberries
Postres de Helado
Alaska Horneado
Baked Alaska with coconut & candied lime zest ice cream and a toasted coconut and agave nectar crust. $9.00
Guacamole de Postre
(serves two)
Prepared tableside with salted avocado and butter ice cream served in a frozen molcajete mixed with fresh strawberries, white chocolate shavings, Mexican wedding cookie crunch and chopped mint leaves. Served with chocolate dusted sweet tortilla chips and sweet tomatillo sauce. $12.00
Tacos de Helado
Three vanilla cookie tacos filled with Peanut Butter Oaxacan Chocolate, Vanilla, and Sweet Potato Rum Raisin ice cream. Served with crushed piloncillo peanuts, pineapple coconut salsa, sweet potato pecan salsa, chocolate syrup and whipped cream. $8.50
Savory Appetizer
Gazpacho Mexicano
Mexican gazpacho of pureed beets, cucumber and almonds with jumbo lump crab meat and poblano pepper sorbet. $9.00