Bananas Foster ($4.95), with vanilla ice cream, brown sugar, banana liqueur, rum, butter and cinnamon, is an almost obscene delight.

Bananas Foster is a dessert made from bananas and vanilla ice cream, with the sauce made from butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, dark rum, and banana liqueur.

Then add the rum, banana liqueur (if used) and the vanilla extract.

Bizarre, yes, but obviously some enjoy sucking vodka and banana liqueur shaken with grenadine and orange juice through a teat.

One of the most sinful ice-cream concoctions, banana banshee, a whole ripe banana, creme de Cacao, banana liqueur and vanilla ice cream ($4.25), has flavor and consistency that is midway between a milkshake and an egg nog.

Crown Royal can also be mixed in equal parts with banana liqueur to make a "Rock Star" or "King Kong" (Crown Royal being the "King" and banana liqueur being the "Kong").

Adults get a banana liqueur at the end of the tour.

For desserts, he leans heavily on fruits and nuts and dishes made with them, like plum compote sweetened with Splenda granules, apples baked with banana liqueur, and dates stuffed with almonds and almond paste.

And because after-dinner drinks come in so many kinds, why not, after a simple dessert, offer a few of the more exotic concoctions, such as a banana liqueur or a coconut cream, comparing, analyzing and enjoying their tastes?

This hot and cold treat - features a large plate of sliced bananas swimming in a smooth sweet sauce of rum, banana liqueur and brown sugar that surrounds a tower of ice cream with a puff of whipped cream at its peak.