Varda Chocolatier

Varda Chocolatier I discovered on a recent Japan Airlines flight, although they aren't actually based in Japan, the shop is right outside NYC. "We use only the finest dark (semi-sweet) milk and white Belgian (Callebaut) chocolate and natural ingredients to create our truffles, pralines, squares, roll bars, coins, signature boxes, holiday gifts, baskets and much more." Varda makes a slew of different types of chocolates, including coins, truffles (round chocolates...

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Union Square Donuts

I am no stranger to donuts.  Nor am I a stranger to Boston.  The former I eat pretty much weekly (yay for an office with great donut culture!), and the later I visit at least twice a year (en route to my family in NH).  So of course it makes sense that I kinda have my eye on the Boston donut scene (and no, Dunkin' Donuts does NOT count, even though I've reviewed them too of course). I loved the donuts from Ohlin's Bakery years ago, but sadly, it...

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Sushi Shio

Sometimes, you just crave uni.  No?  Just me?  Well, it happened to me, randomly in the months of August and September, when San Francisco had a bit of a heat wave, and, accordingly, I stopped wanting hot food, and opted for a lot of sushi.  And the thing I really wanted? Yup, uni.It all started when I had some really fantastic uni at Fenikkusu, and from there, I just started seeking it out.  However, I didn't venture all over the...

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Petit Pita

I've talked before about the various virtual or "ghost" kitchens that operate out of 60 Morris Street in San Francisco, such as Korean Burrito Joint with the fantastic fried dumplings, Ramen Kobo WARAKU for the best takoyaki I've ever had, Dip Me B!tch for some ok dips and dunkers, Ben's Fast Food for healthy veggies and dessert, and Basil Cart for quite reasonable Thai cuisine (and my first ever kao soi).  During the depths of the Pandemic, venturing...

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