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Vosges Matcha Tea Bar

Nov 15, 10

Posted by Edmund in Chocolate, Featured Articles, Gourmet Chocolate Bars, USA

Composition: Japanese Matcha Green Tea, 41% Deep Milk Chocolate Region of Production: USA Price: $7.50 from Vosges’ site I’ve become quite the fan of Vosges milk chocolates lately, so I was looking forward to trying out this latest variety, a take on green tea. As a good, tea-loving Armenian, I just can’t resist anything that...

Kinkead’s

Nov 14, 10

Posted by Edmund in Featured Articles, Restaurants, Seafood, Washington, DC

Cuisine: Seafood. Location: 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20006. Price: Entrees about $25-$30, Appetizers $11-$17. Expect to pay about $50-$60 for 3 courses. I don’t think I’ve ever really had seafood in DC. It’s a shame, too, since DC isn’t all that far from the coast, and I’d think the seafood...

Wiener Circle

Nov 12, 10

Posted by Edmund in Chicago, Fast Food, Featured Articles, Restaurants

Cuisine: American, Bar Food. Location: 500 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60605-1532. Price: $12 for a burger. There are very few things that scream “Chicago” quite like a good hot dog, as I’d expect of any good baseball-loving city. And I’m not talking normal hot dogs—I mean hot dogs stuffed to the brim,...

MarieBelle Dark Chocolate Croquette Bar

Nov 11, 10

Posted by Edmund in Chocolate, Featured Articles, Gourmet Chocolate Bars, USA

Composition: Dark Chocolate Bar with Cookies. Region of Production: America. Price: $13. This MarieBelle Dark Chocolate Croquette Bar is, to say the least, underwhelming in nearly every way. First, the presentation is extraordinarily simple. The bar is wrapped in a clear container, without even a name or a list of ingredients or...

Leopold’s Kafe & Konditorei: The Cakes

Nov 10, 10

Posted by Edmund in Bakeries & Sweets, Featured Articles, Washington, DC

Specialty: German Baked Goods, Cakes and Tortes. Location: 3315 M St NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20007. Price: $6.50-$7.50 for cake. While living in Georgetown, there were two things I absolutely loved about the neighborhood: the scenery and the bakeries. Georgetown enforces rather strict building regulations, so...

Corduroy

Nov 09, 10

Posted by Edmund in Featured Articles, Fine Dining, Restaurants, Washington, DC

Cuisine: Eclectic. Location: 1201 K Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20005. Price: $53 for my 3 courses, w/ no drink. There’s also a nice bit of a roasted, smoky coffee flavor that comes out right in the end that I found slightly mouth-watering. Having grown up in LA, I’m not really too used to formal dining. In LA, it’s...

Vosges Mo’s Bacon Milk Chocolate Bar

Nov 07, 10

Posted by Edmund in Chocolate, Featured Articles, Gourmet Chocolate Bars, USA

Composition: Applewood Smoked Bacon, Alderwood Smoked Salt, 41% Milk Chocolate. Region of Production: USA. Price: $7.50 from Vosges’ site. This is the first of Vosges’ gourmet chocolate bars that I’ll be reviewing. Rather than going for the traditional gourmet chocolate, Vosges attempts to jazz it up a little with the...

Milkshakes at The Diner

Nov 06, 10

Posted by Edmund in Featured Articles, Ice Cream & Gelato, Washington, DC

Cuisine: American Diner. Specialty: Milkshakes. Location: 2453 18th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20009. Price: $5 for the Milkshakes. It’s no secret that I love ice cream. If there’s one ice cream concoction that I love the most, though, it’s the milkshake. I was pretty excited, then, when a friend told me about The...

Caffe Graffiti

Nov 05, 10

Posted by Edmund in Bakeries & Sweets, Boston, Featured Articles

Cuisine: Italian and American Location: 64 Cross St, Boston, MA 02113 I’ve already spoken of my cannoli expedition through the North End. I planned out a perfect trip through all the most famous bakeries in the area, trying to find the holy grail of cannolis. The way wasn’t always all that smooth, though. As a traveler, one...

Vosges Organic Dominican Milk Chocolate Bar

Nov 04, 10

Posted by Edmund in Chocolate, Featured Articles, Gourmet Chocolate Bars, USA

Composition: 45% deep milk chocolate. Region of Production: USA. Origin of Cocoa: Dominican Republic. Price: $7.50 for 100g. While at the Vosges Haut Chocolat Café in Chicago, I was lucky enough to get a couple free samples of their chocolate bars. This is one of those, coming in a mini 0.5 oz. case. While that’s too small to...