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Ladurée Soho GRAND OPENING!

02 Sunday Feb 2014

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Ladurée Soho (398 W Broadway) had its soft opening this weekend and will be open to the public on Wednesday, February 5, 2014. It will feature a full-service restaurant and an outdoor patio. Though currently unavailable, reservations can be made at OpenTable here. This new flagship location has started making pastries and viennoiseries previously impossible to find anywhere in North America. Scroll down to see the Saint-Honoré rose and the pistachio religieuse that I bought yesterday. Screen Shot 2014-02-02 at 7.47.49 AM

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I love the new macaron box – according to an employee at Ladurée, it features a “very French” joke about the post-Christmas sales season. “0% OFF SALE!” I thought it was surprisingly cheeky for such a traditional fabricant de douceurs
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Ladurée’s summer flavors 2013

19 Friday Jul 2013

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Right now at Ladurée on Madison Avenue, you will find seasonal menthe glacée, melon, Venezuelan chocolate, and chocolate with coconut marshmallow macarons!

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matcha green tea Kit Kats and Crunch bars at Mitsuwa

18 Tuesday Jun 2013

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Mitsuwa in New Jersey is the largest Japanese grocery store in the United States. They have an amazing food court that includes ramen, tempura, soba, and gyoza shops. You can also find incredible wagashi at the Minamoto Kitchoan counter.

The summer Umaimono food festival vendors are starting to set up inside Mitsuwa and one of the first ones I saw was this matcha green tea frozen yogurt stand. There is one combo that includes a mini slice of matcha cheesecake!

If you walk down the candy aisle, you will find a giant wall of green tea Crunch bars and Kit Kats!

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Victory Garden’s herbal ice cream

10 Monday Jun 2013

Posted by dark locks in American, bakeries, beverages, chocolate, dairy, French, fruit, goat milk, herbs and spices, New York, snacks, sweets

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I just had the best ice cream of my life at Victory Garden! Their goat’s milk herbal ice cream (shown below) and their chocolate rosemary blend were both incredibly delicious, it was like a dream come true! I added cacao nibs, my favorite ice cream topping. They have other toppings, too, like mastic wafers and honeycomb candy.

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Victory Garden
31 Carmine
New York NY 10014

Momofuku Milk Bar’s Birthday Party!

10 Monday Jun 2013

Posted by dark locks in American, Asian, bakeries, beverages, Brooklyn, celebrations, chocolate, fruit, Japanese, New York, snacks, sweets, urban, wagashi, Williamsburg

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Momofuku Milk Bar in Williamsburg turned 2 over the weekend and they were giving away free cookies!

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Here is their yuzu cherrysicle softserve. It tasted just like a red Popsicle with yuzu.

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GHOST PEPPER MACARON

20 Saturday Apr 2013

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I am at the first ever Hot Sauce Expo at the East River State Park in Williamsburg and Dana’s is here with a ghost pepper macaron! I actually met Dana and she was so sweet!! She gave me one of her limited edition jelly donut macarons when I told her I was a big fan! 🙂 I was totally starstruck when I met her.

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Cheetos macaron

10 Wednesday Apr 2013

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Macaron Parlour on Saint Marks has a Cheetos macaron. They sprinkle each one with cheesy orange dust.

They also make a candied bacon macaron that has a real strip of bacon inside.

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Krug champagne truffles with gold leaf from Vosges

20 Wednesday Feb 2013

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I received a box of these Vosges “Hip Hop” truffles from someone special on Valentine’s Day. The Krug champagne gives the white chocolate an intoxicating aroma and a decadent flavor.

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