Chocolate!
Feb 14, 2007 | 1:43 pm
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Am I the only one ready to contest this?!
For the chocolate quality (known around the world) and price (great value compared to high-end chocolatiers in the US and even neighboring France), I love my trips to BRU. (And as if that weren't enough, I prefer the people and the size of BRU to CDG.)
Don't know if I've posted this before, but Elizabeth was one of our top picks on the trip to BRU last spring (and new to me), and Wittamer was great as always.
For the chocolate quality (known around the world) and price (great value compared to high-end chocolatiers in the US and even neighboring France), I love my trips to BRU. (And as if that weren't enough, I prefer the people and the size of BRU to CDG.)
Don't know if I've posted this before, but Elizabeth was one of our top picks on the trip to BRU last spring (and new to me), and Wittamer was great as always.
Feb 14, 2007 | 4:27 pm
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My latest fav bar ... Vosges Red Fire ... mmmm ... must stop eating this ... 
Feb 14, 2007 | 4:42 pm
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My latest fav bar ... Vosges Red Fire ... mmmm ... must stop eating this ...
The combination of flavors scare me.
Me, I'm still a BRU/CDG girl. I did not agree with Steingarten at all. I think that la maison is going downhill and frankly, I'm very much becoming a big fan of Patrick Roger and Jean Charles Rochoux.
I'm really enjoying reading what david lebovitz has to say about chocolate.
Feb 14, 2007 | 5:29 pm
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After thinking about your excellent points, our problems with BRO ch:
1-It seems to prefer the creamy insides,
2-thus make it less healthy,
3-city is full of ch. sellers who sell very low quality stuff to tourist.
That said, we got some excellent Belgian dark chocolate in Germany.
1-It seems to prefer the creamy insides,
2-thus make it less healthy,
3-city is full of ch. sellers who sell very low quality stuff to tourist.
That said, we got some excellent Belgian dark chocolate in Germany.
Am I the only one ready to contest this?!
For the chocolate quality (known around the world) and price (great value compared to high-end chocolatiers in the US and even neighboring France), I love my trips to BRU. (And as if that weren't enough, I prefer the people and the size of BRU to CDG.)
Don't know if I've posted this before, but Elizabeth was one of our top picks on the trip to BRU last spring (and new to me), and Wittamer was great as always.
For the chocolate quality (known around the world) and price (great value compared to high-end chocolatiers in the US and even neighboring France), I love my trips to BRU. (And as if that weren't enough, I prefer the people and the size of BRU to CDG.)
Don't know if I've posted this before, but Elizabeth was one of our top picks on the trip to BRU last spring (and new to me), and Wittamer was great as always.
Feb 14, 2007 | 7:59 pm
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Feb 15, 2007 | 12:04 pm
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Originally Posted by best
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Have one at the Haupbahnhoff in Frankfurt.
They only seem to sell them in their own stores.
Have one at the Haupbahnhoff in Frankfurt.
They only seem to sell them in their own stores.
Feb 16, 2007 | 10:54 am
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After thinking about your excellent points, our problems with BRO ch:
1-It seems to prefer the creamy insides,
2-thus make it less healthy,
3-city is full of ch. sellers who sell very low quality stuff to tourist.
That said, we got some excellent Belgian dark chocolate in Germany.
1-It seems to prefer the creamy insides,
2-thus make it less healthy,
3-city is full of ch. sellers who sell very low quality stuff to tourist.
That said, we got some excellent Belgian dark chocolate in Germany.
Feb 24, 2007 | 6:46 pm
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This isn't quite so extraordinary as Belgian chocolate, but I've been seriously "jonesing" for Glacier Ice Cream's (Boulder, CO) Double Dark chocolate ice cream for months..It isn't available in stores anywhere. They've also got a flavor called Death by Chocolate that's the Double Dark with extra chunks of chocolate and a fudge swirl.
Yum!
http://www.glacierhomemadeicecream.com
Yum!
http://www.glacierhomemadeicecream.com
Feb 24, 2007 | 9:02 pm
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They do have good food (the best in AZ, sort of a southwestern nouvelle French cuisine, and better than you find in Scottsdale for that matter). The restaurant is called Janos and is in the Westin La Paloma (but not affiliated with the hotel though you can charge it to your room). They also have an excellent desert wine selection, many available by the glass, which is rare in US restaurants. Also make a chocolate souffle, but that is average and not exceptional like their jalapeno ice cream (I'd forgotten about that, thanks for reminding me).
Feb 25, 2007 | 8:35 am
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Feb 25, 2007 | 2:23 pm
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