Bill sipped a California Gewürztraminer, but we should have tried this from the Monday Menu: Greenvale Vineyards Vidal Blanc with strawberry puree, mint, and a splash of Yacht Club cream soda. We were too distracted by the nearby description of strawberry bread pudding with rhubarb compote and cream cheese mousse ($8). We pondered the other desserts, including a pear upside-down cake with Great Hill blue cheese, a cream cheese torte with local macerated strawberries, and the "chocolate in 3's" — chocolate pudding cake, molten cake with rhubarb compote, and chocolate chunk cheesecake — but we came back to the strawberry bread pudding. This was a hit for its slice of soft French toast-like "bread pudding," smothered in a strawberry-rhubarb sauce and the light-as-air cream cheese mousse on the side. The ice creams and sorbets are also house-made, so we tried the honey-thyme ice cream, but it was too sweet for my tastes, one slightly discordant note in an entire symphony of tastes.
It doesn't get any better than farm-fresh ingredients handled as skillfully as they are at Chez Pascal.
Johnette Rodriguez can be reached atjohnette.rodriguez@cox.net.
Related:
Review: Taam China Glatt Kosher Chinese Cuisine, J.J. Foley's Café, Johnnie's on the Side, More 
- Review: Taam China Glatt Kosher Chinese Cuisine
Theoretically, there could be terrific kosher Chinese restaurants.
- J.J. Foley's Café
An old standby starts low and aims high.
- Johnnie's on the Side
This large space has always housed attractive restaurants, despite violating two of Nadeau's laws: Eateth Not Within 1000 Cubits of a Government Institution; and Ditto for Sports Stadia.
- Bina Osteria
Bina Osteria may be the last luxury restaurant to open in Boston for a long time — or at least the last that isn't situated in a boutique hotel.
- Bom de Boca Grill
Craving steak but counting your pennies? If so, churrascarias (Brazilian grilled-meat restaurants) offer some of the best deals around.
- Aspire
An upscale restaurant in an upscale hotel is disadvantaged in ways that give the advantage to us.
- Panza Ristorante
Panza, which replaced Cibo in a small space just off the busiest blocks of Hanover Street, strikes a nice balance between red-sauce expectations, a bit of cheffery, and prices you can live with.
- Tory Row
Matthew Curtis and Christopher A. Lutes, perfect-pitch masters of minimalism at Miracle of Science, Cambridge 1, Middlesex Lounge, and Audubon Circle, have finally opened a restaurant with a few flaws.
- Ronnarong
For more than 10 years, the Great Thai Chef held forth in Somerville's Union Square.
- Spain
It's not even 6 pm and the parking lot is packed.
- Boston Kebab House
Dozens of lousy fast-food chain outlets dot the Financial District. (If I worked there, I'd frequent Chinatown for lunch.)
- Less
Topics:
Restaurant Reviews
, Culture and Lifestyle, Food and Cooking, Cheese, More
, Culture and Lifestyle, Food and Cooking, Cheese, Foods, Fruits and Vegetables, Desserts, Seafood, Visual Arts, Great Hill, Kristin Gennuso, Less
