Condé Nast Traveller (British edition, hence the two L’s in traveler) has a great piece in their March 2010 issue about Belgian chocolatiers. The photo above was taken in The Chocolate Line, which is a personal favorite of mine, as well. One of my favorite things to do when I travel is to buy novelty [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Tasty treats'
I Wanna Eat Choco Bars
March 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Novelty, Shop talk, Tasty treats
Betty’s Photo of the Day
February 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Betty, Novelty, Photo of the day, Tasty treats
I have the taste buds of an 85-year-old man. I love liverwurst. Pickles are to die for. Black coffee, please, and never with milk and sugar. I almost always pass on dessert, and why the Pringles you see above appealed.
I’ve been told I posses some sort of gene that predisposes me to the flavors of umami, a term originally coined by the Japanese for the preference of savory over sweet.
Which is why I seriously love Asia.
“A Neighborhood That Gets It”
January 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Novelty, Tasty treats, Urban archipelagos
Even though Seattle is gloomy, rainy, blah blah blah, there are only a couple of other places in the world I’d like to live. And by and large, those places are gloomy and rainy too. But at least here we have great restaurants (yes, beyond just hot dogs), great parks, and great shops.
According to this article in the local paper–admittedly not exactly hard-hitting journalism–it’s an example of “density done right.”
In General, Let’s Be Skeptical of Any Kind of “Hut”
January 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Tasty treats, Wary of the advice of others
I am an absolute sucker for waffles. But Crystal Hut causes little alarm bells to ring in my brain. Hut, really? I hate to discriminate, but I can see the ferns from here, can’t you? And the light jazz that will be playing as the Hut employees deliver the cold, tired waffles?
