Rice to Riches

Only in New York City would you find a bustling establishment solely devoted to the sale of rice pudding.  Last Saturday night we entered this other-worldly portal...

Despite its futuristic appearance, Rice to Riches serves up some amazingly delicious, good ole fashioned rice pudding.  After entering, we were amazed by the hordes of people jostling their way up to the counter to marvel at the buckets of rice pudding.  After we overcame our initial wonder, we pushed our way the front, eager to sample as many flavors of rice pudding as possible. 

The flavors were seemingly endless: coconut, rum raisin, eggnogg, chocolate hazelnut, cinnamon, peanut butter, pumpkin spice, chocolate chip, chocolate chip cookie dough, pineapple...  John and I finally settled on a combo of rum raisin and eggnogg, served up in one of these funky containers shown below.

Let me tell you, the pudding was DELICIOUS!  And expensive.  The red container we shared set us back about $8.  Pudding is pricey!

Perhaps the most entertaining part of our rice pudding adventure was the establishment's decor: very blunt statements regarding rice pudding and health.

My personal favorite was a sign just over the cash register which said "Eat all you want! You're already fat."  Wow.  I think the signs were intended to liberate people and make them feel better for buying an $8 container of rice pudding...If you spend that much money on dessert, you better eat every last morsel!  Especially when it's this tasty.  (Note: John and I were able to eat in moderation.  We did not eat our entire container of rice pudding in one seating.)

The photo below isn't from Rice to Riches, but I thought it was nice.  So, I'm posting it anyway.