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Bánh phu thê

Bánh phu thê (literally "husband and wife cake") is a Vietnamese dessert made from rice with mung beans stuffing wrapped in a box made of pandan leaves.

Banpo-dong

The area is home of Seorae Village, a small French enclave, with its large concentration of French residents and European-style restaurants, dessert cafes, as well as wineries and cafes stand along its main street.

Battle of Mount Hermon

Third Battle of Mount Hermon (Operation Dessert), fought on October 21-22, 1973.

Bryce Ives

As a theatre director Ives has developed and directed new musical works including Margaret Fulton Queen of the Dessert by Doug MacLeod, Chants Des Catacombes, Call Girl the Musical by Tracy Harvey and Doug MacLeod,.

Bulgarian cuisine

Halva is a popular dessert in Bulgaria, and the term 'halva' (халва) is used for several varieties of the dessert.

Café liégeois

However during World War I with the Battle of Liège in full swing and Vienna representing the enemy, Paris' cafés started renaming the dessert café liégeois in honour of Belgium's embattled forts.

Chak Chak

Çäkçäk, a sweet dessert of Tatar, made of honey and pastry

Charcoal biscuit

In August of 2012, charcoal biscuits were featured in the dessert round of an episode of the Chopped: Grillmasters tournament on Food Network.

Conveyor belt sushi

The selection is usually not limited to sushi; it may also include drinks in Tetra Paks, fruits, desserts, soups, and other foods.

Dilber dudağı

Dilber dudağı,Lady lips, is a type of Turkish dessert.

Dormouse

The edible dormouse was considered a delicacy in ancient Rome, either as a savoury appetizer or as a dessert (dipped in honey and poppy seeds).

Frucht Quark

Frucht Quark, known in some European countries as "Dessert du Fromage Frais", is a fromage frais based yogurt made by the Linessa brand, available through Lidl stores in Europe including the United Kingdom and Germany.

Gabriel Tschumi

Edward VII's 1902 coronation banquet included sole poached in Chablis garnished with oysters and prawns, a quail and a third of "a very plump" roasting chicken (per person), asparagus with Hollandaise, roast beef, snipe cutlets, a soufflé Parmesan, and a strawberry dessert that took three days to assemble.

Georg Holtzendorff

His main work was the decoration of the Gladstone Dessert Service, presented by the Liberal Working Men of Derby to Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone in 1883.

Grass jelly

It is also mixed with cold soy milk and served as a refreshing drink/dessert, a drink known as Michael Jackson in South-East Asia (a reference to Michael Jackson's changing skin color and/or the song "Black or White").

Great Waldingfield

The village hall is the normal location of the halfway feeding station on the Dunwich Dynamo overnight bicycle ride, whilst an episode of Lovejoy (Fruit of the Dessert) was filmed in the village.

Hanabiramochi

The original form of Hanabiramochi is Hishihanabira, a dessert that was eaten by the Imperial family at special events coinciding with the beginning of the year.

Hell on Earth 2006

Satan also decides to have a "really huge surprise as dessert"; he decides upon a cake the size and shape of a Ferrari Enzo, which three notorious serial killers—Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and John Wayne Gacy—are entrusted with bringing to the party in time for midnight.

Kahului, Hawaii

Tasaka Guri-Guri — regionally famous shop, known for its "guri-guri" frozen dessert.

Laddu

In the Sesame Street episode "Rakhi Road", laddus are featured prominently as a favoured Indian dessert.

Microbial cellulose

It is widely used in the traditional Filipino dessert Nata de coco.

Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains

Samian sweet dessert wines are known worldwide and have motivated poets such as Lord Byron to write a poem in which he says "Fill high the bowl with Samian wine".

Mush and Milk

They decide to order an exotic-sounding French dessert, which turns out to be mush and milk, which is thrown at the waiter.

Peppermint Crisp

James and Melanie Maddock used Peppermint Crisp on top of their dessert during a food challenge on the cooking show My Kitchen Rules.

Pierre Hermé

He has written two English-language dessert cookbooks, together with food writer Dorie Greenspan: Desserts by Pierre Hermé and Chocolate Desserts by Pierre Hermé.

Royal Crown Derby

Georg Holtzendorff, a German painter who made the studies for the Gladstone Dessert Service.

Savagnin

Visperterminen in the Valais is home to some of the highest vineyards in Europe, where Heida is made into table and dessert wines.

Serendipity 3

In 2004, Serendipity celebrated its fiftieth anniversary by introducing the record-breaking Golden Opulence Sundae, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most expensive dessert, at $1000.

Smilax glabra

It is also a key ingredient in the Chinese medical dessert guīlínggāo, which makes use of its property to set certain kinds of jelly.

Spaghetti

Spaghettieis: an ice cream dessert which looks like spaghetti with tomato sauce.

Sütlü Nuriye

In the times of great horror and supply-shortages inflicted by the 1971 Turkish coup d'état, the inventor Şafak Dilken, who was working at the most famous baklava producer in Istanbul, used milk instead of sorbet, and hazelnuts instead of pistachios and came up with a new dessert.

Tariq Hanna

Tariq Hanna is Executive Pastry Chef and partner of the Sucré dessert boutique in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Tortoni

Biscuit Tortoni, an Italian frozen dessert made from eggs and heavy cream

Tovar Municipality, Aragua

The town is mainly known for its Germanic characteristics, culture, and a dessert called "golfiado", which is very similar to a Cinnamon roll.

Treacle tart

In the Harry Potter series, Harry's favourite dessert is treacle tart, a dessert often found at the Hogwarts feasts.

Waldorf pudding

A dessert called Waldorf Pudding was served to first class passengers on the RMS Titanic on the April 14, 1912.


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