For sentimental reasons, I've chosen the dessert that I had at the Palace of Queen Marie of Romania, or, more precisely, at the Guestroom of the Queen Restaurant at the University Botanic Garden in Balchik.
[Note: We weren't having an early lunch. The time shown in the corner of the photograph is North Carolina time; it was seven hours later in Bulgaria. For the trip, I used my wife's Nikon Coolpix P100 digital camera.]
Well, I guess I have to show you a view of the Black Sea from our table:
And the menu cover, which identifies the establishment as the Restaurant Corona or Crown Restaurant:
Our table is to the left in the foreground.


