We Came for This
Panna reminds us of why we migrated to Miami
The bakery counter's pastelitos -- the pastry shells lighter than they looked -- were a mixed success. Meat pies were good, stuffed fully and spiced well. But both spinach and cheese pastelitos were half air inside, and the spinach filling was very overcooked -- metallic and dry as well as sparse.
Finally Panna is definitely not a place to skip dessert; if the huge portions leave you no room, get something to go. Coffee cake was not the breakfast pastry but rather an elegant torte, liqueur-soaked cake layered with mocha frosting, with chocolate "coffee beans" on top -- kind of a gentrified tiramisu. Not-too-sweet flan (topped with a super-sweet dollop of dulce de leche) was a blast of childhood comfort, a grownups' version of granny's egg custard. Best was mango mousse: The thin yellow cake layer topped with cloud-light mousse, coated with a glaze that was (unlike most dessert glazes) delightfully tart rather than cloyingly sugared, and crowned with a slice of fresh mango finished dinner with another reminder that this is why we live in South Florida.
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Panna Cafe
7301 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33141-2711
Category: Restaurant > Breakfast
Region: Mid/North Beach
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