LUXURY ICE CREAM

 Out top pick is an ice cream sundae. 

The Grand Opulence is made with five scoops of the richest Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream, infused with Madagascar vanilla and covered in 23K edible gold leaf. It is drizzled with the world’s most expensive chocolate, Amedei Porcelana, and covered with chunks of rare Chuao chocolate. At the Serendipity 3,

 Upper East side, New York .

HONEY LATOUR D'ARGENT 

The nave of the Ile de la Cité is anchored before your eyes, emerging from the mist or gilded by the rays of the rising sun, offering to the onlooker its finely carved stern that seems to float on the river, with its abutments, flying buttresses, pinnacles and walls sculpted by the ever-changing light ...Our floral honey harvested upon the roof of the Tour d'Argent 

By phone Paris- 0143542331

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE

Ms B's Cakery's Death by Chocolate with Wild Berry Sauce is something else. At $4,200 a pop, the glittering handmade Swarovski skull atop the sweet is swoon-worthy alone. It is limited edition – but be warned, if you're interested in getting your teeth into this gothic beauty, you must order three weeks in advance. And then it really is death by chocolate…39 Gough St, Central, 2815 8303- msbscakery.hk.

COLOURFUL TOMATOES

The summer continues in our kitchens with this starter that will remind you of your vacations.Tasty tomatoes are deliciously scented with basil and the creamy melting mozzarella cream transports you to Italy. It’s a refreshing starter so that return from holidays is unique.

What would Mediterranean cuisine be without basil? Symbolic ofItalian cuisine, it is also very present in the south of France...

PASTRY GEM MACARONS

 Despite the arrival of macaron houses Ladurée and Pierre Hermé over the past eight months, Ritz Carlton's Pastry Gems still holds the title of most expensive macarons in town...(including black truffle and mandarin peel) a box of four goes for $158 ($39.25 per macaron compared to Pierre Herme's $31).9/F, The Ritz-Carlton, ICC,1 Austin Rd, West Kowloon,2263 2263