Surfeit

After you try to off yourself with too much foie gras, this:

Lemon Souffle Cake with Créme Fraiche Panna Cotta and Pomegranate Sorbet

is the perfect antidote.

Or so you think, until they place these before you:

That wee box contains a pile of wee cookies and candies and jammy things. Which, when added together, make up more than an entire full dessert. The morning-after is a delight that I have become familiar with.

(There is something diabolical going on when you have to order dessert to be offered the gratis dessert treats. I've gotten them once without ordering a third course, but was denied another time. Why is it that, in schmancy places, you get FAR more amuses and palate cleansers and sweet finales when you've already ordered and consumed far more than you should/could? Don't they know about the law of diminishing returns? The law of finite stomach space? Don't they care??!!)

I think I might have to skip Gary Danko (sob) on my next trip out here. This is getting ridiculous...