It's been awhile since I've contributed and with an upcoming trip to Paris...again thoughts turn towards butter....

btw, I just came across this blog that you might find interesting http://www.butterjournal.com

Since last here, I had the opportunity to buy the limited retail offering from Animal Farm (the butter served at Thomas Keller's and other fine restaurants).
http://www.animalfarmvt.com/about/
http://www.grubstreet.com/2014/12/an...semongers.html

While it was enjoyable, sadly I can't say I was blown away or even liked it better than my standby & still fave Pascal Beillevaire. (except for french toast & then my pick is Bordier's Vanilla Butter :) )

Looking forward to discovering some new ones on this trip and would love any suggestions.

Reviving a really old thread here to rant. Why does it suddenly seem like all the fancy butters, actually pretty much anything not Us or Canadian that I have come across, insist that if they make salted butter they have to overload it with salt and have it in these huge large salt crystals?

You see one our favourites here in Tarte Easter box

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...d7ce83ae8.jpeg
What a treat , except not dark chocolate Easter eggs -assorted milk


Prefer unsalted though

I am super happy with Costco salted butter. I eat it almost daily on toast or bread. I had it for supper.

I guess I don't buy fancy butters. I've never tasted an over salted butter. I also don't understand recipes that insist on unsalted butter, but then call for salt(often a lot) in the recipe.

Japan
 

I had an uni butter at some department store food festival that was excellent. Tend to think Hokkaido overall has very good butter, in addition to the cliché Belgium/France mention.

Hokkaido also has IMO some of the best ice cream in the world, so it doesn't surprise me that their butter is good. I don't recall ever having any there in my many trips though.

Uni Butter
 

Good ice cream indeed.

And surprisingly, I found the photo of the (plastic-wrapped) uni butter

photo says 3780 yen - for a 100gram unit of butter? Is that like us$38 for this butter?

A bit cheaper if you bought it today

there are 453 grams per pound. Even $30 for 100 grams is expensive for me. I will get uni at sushi spots.

The butter and cream on the lassi in Amritsar punjab. Holy cow was that some kind of delicious,

Giani Punjabi Lassi was the place.