Price: About $2.
Region of Production: USA.
Doves’ Silky Smooth Raspberry & Dark Chocolate definitely impresses with a wacky raspberry swirl design, leaving the smooth bottom looking almost hypnotic. The naturally curvy bar though just seems confused with so many swirling patterns. I do, however, like that that the bar does...
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Cuisine: Delicatessen.
Location: 854 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10019-5216.
Price: $15 for Hot Pastrami.
Imagine the scenario: I get into New York at 1 AM at night, starving after a long bus ride from Boston. I’m carrying a behemoth-sized backpack that constantly tugs at my shoulders, slowing me down, yet my incessantly grumbling...
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Region of Production: Germany (location of company), USA
Price: $2.79 at CVS.
This bar has almost no discoloration at all, despite its price. Instead, you get a smooth top surface, crafted into perfect squares bearing the Ritter Sport mark. More negatively, the whole hazelnuts jut out excessively, both from the sides of the...
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Specialty: Biscuits.
Price: 2 AED/piece.
Address: Dubai Mall, Dubai.
Travel to the Middle East, and you might be shocked at the dryness of the sweets. Forget the moist and the buttery. Here, locals go crazy for the crumbly, gritty, and powdery, and sweetness tends to be more muted, more in line with the flavor of nuts and...
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Composition: Velvety Dark Chocolate with Milk Chocolate Medallions.
Region of Production: USA.
Price: $2.79 at CVS.
Wonka delivers on the presentation, with a glimmering purple wrapper. The Domed Dark Chocolate comes in dark chocolate squares, each with a protruding milk chocolate bulb (of a slightly different hue from the dark...
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Cuisine: Fast Food.
Specialty: Falafel.
Location: Saker Bin Zayed Al Falahi Building, Hamdan Street, Abu Dhabi.
Price: 12 dhs (~$3.50) for a falafel in saj bread. 13-17 dhs for gourmet varieties.
Every country or region needs its fast food staple. In the Middle East, it’s the falafel wrap. It’s not quite the most flavorful of...
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Price: About $2.
This bar does a good job of coming off as classy enough, despite its cheap price. The bar comes in little rectangles, each crafted into a perfect wave, with a Dove signature in the middle. There is some discoloration, but not too much.
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Cuisine: Doughnuts.
Specialty: Tres Leches, Creme Brulee.
Location: 379 Grand Street, New York, NY 10002.
Price: $2-$3 for doughnuts.
Doughnuts: an American obsession I’ve never quite understood. The mere mention of the word has me recall images of run-down stands serving stale pieces of dough left out all day to graveyard shift...
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Composition: Sicilian Almond Marzipan, Amaretto, 62% Dark Chocolate.
Region of Production: USA.
Price: $7.50 from Vosges’ site.
This bar looks like a mess. During the shipping process, it broke into two pieces. With most of Vosges’s bars, that’s not quite so problematic. This one, though, is filled with sticky marzipan that...
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Cuisine: Ice Cream.
Specialty: Chinese Flavors.
Location: 65 Bayard Street, New York, NY 10013.
Price: $7 for 3 scoops, but the bowl is huge.
Most all critics consider New York the heart of culinary America. Yet for all of New York’s culinary might, there is one food I’ve never been able to find in any good form, and it just so...
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