A Little Chocolate Cake

Today I'm reviewing a small chocolate treat at Palomino, an Italian restaurant in Westwood Village. This place has a great wine selection and appetizers that make me melt. I came in with a friend for drinks and asked the waitress what her favorite dessert on the menu was.

Palomino's chocolate cake is quite small, but it's so rich and flavorful that you don't care. The inside of the cake is soft and gooey, while the outside has a nice crispy feel to it. I didn't feel that the cake was overly sweet; it has just the right balance of cocoa and sugar. I only wished it had been warmed up a bit more.

The cake comes with a rich chocolate sauce, berries, and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. The flavor of blackberries plays quite well off the chocolaty tastes of the cake and sauce, but I felt the ice cream left a little to be desired. It wasn't as creamy as I like ice cream to be. While I like a good vanilla ice cream to balance out a chocolate cake, this one was a bit too bland. The cake and the berries are pretty delicious on their own, so next time I order this dish, I will be skipping the ice cream.
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Palomino
10877 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024