I am usually disappointed by most puddings in restaurants. My mothers is a good cook, but she is an excellent pudding maker - I grew up thinking it was entirely normal to have an elaborate made from scratch pudding of some kind (rich chocolate cakes, lemon meringue pie, apple crumble, cherub nectarines, pave au chocolat, poached pears etc) with most meals. A lot of them were fruit based as we had a tone of fruit trees / bushes in the garden (although she can keep the goosberry and rubarb based ones, not a fan!)

So normally I skip pud altogether (or have cheese, I love cheese!) or there are a few options I will consider - I love a good creme brulee, and I enjoy good ice cream as well. It is exceedingly rare I will order anything cake based in Canada or the US, I am not a fan of the texture / tase of most cakes I have here (I do like cakes in Europe tho, as a rule).