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Can someone who's a better cook than this author tell us their opinion of the taste?
by Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
Can someone who's a better cook than this author tell us their opinion of the taste?
- wazoox 9y agoIt's a delicious, sweet, nutty aroma that marries extremely well with chocolate. The Swiss chocolate manufacturer Villars makes a delicious "Praliné fève Tonka" that I can't recommend enough :)
- sersi 9y agoYes, that part about his cooking experiment was rather ridiculous. It marries very well with vanilla and chocolate. By itself it has a bit of a sweet nutty flavor that is rather complex. To be slighlty flippant, it's kind of the shitake (or msg) of desert, it enhances the rest of the flavors.
- magic_beans 9y agoThe writer is a woman.
- goldenkey 9y agoYou are a ...pedant!
- luckman212 9y agoshiitake dessert
- Ended 9y agoIt tastes delicious and has a fantastic aroma. It's quite complex. I'd put it somewhere between vanilla, marzipan and cinnamon. I've tried it with chocolate, almond, vanilla, fruit, cream, custard with good results. It also apparently goes well with fish (haven't tried it yet).
- chewxy 9y agoIt tastes rather like cola nuts to me - like cinnamon + cola + vanilla. Thanks for the suggestion about fish
- lvoudour 9y agoThe article is correct that it tastes a lot like vanilla. Nothing special if you ask me, there's plenty of spices with more characteristic taste. Maybe if used by an exceptional chef will make a bigger difference, I don't know I've heard that the actual fruit is very tasty but I've never seen or tried one
- Mikeb85 9y agoTonka bean tastes amazing. Hard to describe, it's vanilla-esque but doesn't taste like vanilla.