And another chocolatier from the SF Chocolate Salon.
Truffles:
Ceylon: “Spiced aromatic flavor of Sri Lanka in bitter ganache”. Tasting notes: Dark chocolate shell, smooth ganache with nice cinnamon tones. Definitely bitter.
Serene?/TRANQUILLE?: “Creamy caramel ganache”. Tasting notes: really smooth, buttery caramel interior with incredible salt flavor infused in it. Covered in milk chocolate. Very nice, but almost too sweet, pairs well with coffee.
Crescendo: “Layer of hazelnuts over almond...
Friday, July 20, 2012
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Dinner @ Lers Ros Thai
I was spoiled in many ways by living in Sydney for several months, but one of the tastiest was the Thai food. I've been on a quest to enjoy Thai food back here in SF ever since, but have failed to find a place that I've really liked. Do you have any recommendations?
Several months ago, we went to Lers Ros Thai, in the Tenderloin. I found it pretty mediocre overall, and didn't really remember much about the meal, except that there was one really excellent...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Dinner @ Thai House 530
[ Originally posted January 5, 2012 ]
I finally checked out Thai House 530. It just opened in November, and is brought to you by the son of the owners of Thai House Express, which I've always found decent. One of their house specialties is a crab pad thai, and since I love crab, and it is crab season, it was time to make this happen!
The space is swanky and clean, the plating much nicer than most thai places, and it was very reasonably priced. The...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Nicole Lee Chocolates
And yet another chocolatier I encountered at the SF Chocolate Salon. I only tried one of her chocolates, a very tempting sounding treat as it is one of my favorite desserts ...
Crème brûlée . Tasting notes: Thin chocolate shell, very thin smooth chocolate ganache layer at base, white filling. Chocolate is dark and a little bitter, not particularly noteworthy. Creme filling is specced with vanilla bean, but I didn't detect them flavorwise. Sorta boozy flavor to it. Didn’t...
Monday, July 16, 2012
Dandelion Chocolate
A friend of mine has been raving about Dandelion Chocolate for ages, so I was really excited to try their chocolate, which I had the change to do at the SF Chocolate Salon and the Good Food Awards. The bars I sampled were all 70%, single origin, with no cocoa butter, no vanilla, no lecithin, etc. It was really interesting to see the profound differences in the bars, given that they have the same cocoa percentage and no extra ingredients, so the real difference does come from the beans, and...
