We just finished a really nice dinner at La Habicheula in downtown Cancún. We had decided before dinner to take a short stroll to the restaurant we had reservations for the following night, and preview the menu. I had already quickly scanned a map of the area earlier, from our Fodor’s tour book. On that [...]
Entries from February 27th, 2009
Marquesitas, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Cheese.
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate, ranting & raving
Tags: booths·cheese·chocolate·food carts·hazelnut·marquesitas·mexico·nutella·urban plaza
Gvardeysky Chocolate (Babaevsky)
February 27th, 2009 · No Comments · chocolate
Well, the wrapper says chocolate, and it tastes like chocolate. So… it is chocolate? (Gosh we’re suckers for awkwardly translated food products.) Here’s a chocolate bar all the way from Russia, ‘produced, packaged’ by Babaevsky Confectionery Concern in Moscow, who appear to have been making chocolate since 1804. Admit it, Russia is probably not in [...]
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