My summer 2016 trip took me to Bali and as a lover of local food it was great to find out that in Bali there are many chocolate producers. One of the main ones being Pod chocolate. They are have a factory in the Ubud area of Bali but I wasn’t able to fit a visit in my trip, instead I was able to pickup a … Continue reading Pod chocolate Bali
The count down to Christmas has already begun. Around Christmas time food is a key aspect, well for my Christmas it always is. So when I saw that Biscuiteers had a Christmas tin I had to take a closer look. Biscuiteers Christmas Circus tin – Iced biscuits of circus animals that are Christmas themed!? You get a very cool metal tin which is very much … Continue reading Biscuiteers Christmas Circus tin
Hotel Chocolat – Boo! Halloween caramel chocolate, the perfect treat for Halloween or anytime of year. The packaging aas shown above kind of looks like a haunted house or something similar, I like the design. Looking at the back of the box you will find their are six different designs of 16 solid caramel chocolates weighing 145g. The designs include a cat, gravestone, skull head, bat, … Continue reading Hotel Chocolat – Boo! Halloween caramel chocolate
A quick review of Piccadilly sweet parade – Retro shake, given to me as a gift, I was rather excited by the idea of eating sweets from my childhood. You are presented with a retro milkshake style container of clear plastic and the first thing I notice is the retro yellow and red colours of the label Inside you will find 325g of sweets, so … Continue reading Piccadilly sweet parade – Retro shake
I was given a tin of Fannie May mini pixies as a gift from very close friends in Chicago. I had heard of Fannie May but I hadn’t ever eaten their chocolates. I was presented with this wonderful tin, with a lovely graphic of the great city of Chicago Turning the tin over I read that a mini pixie is caramel, pecans and milk chocolate, sounds like … Continue reading Fannie May – Mini pixies – Chicago lakefront tin
Mighty fine are a London based chocolatier that produce honeycomb that is dipped in dark, milk, peanut and salted caramel chocolate. I have only tied the dark chocolate flavour and I can tell you it just tastes excellent. I remember as a young child always enjoying a Cadburys Crunchy but as I got older and learnt about finer chocolate this was a great find. This … Continue reading Mighty fine – Dark chocolate honeycomb dips
It’s Thursday night and I’m meeting a friend for drinks, a go to place for me is the British film Institutes bar located at London’s Southbank by Waterloo station it is a hidden but popular bar within the BFI cinema complex. There is another bar on the river front entrance of the cinema but this one is at the back. The bar menu is simple, wine, … Continue reading BFI bar – Southbank
Cheese and wine, the ideal combination to serve when your friends come over on the weekend. This is where Biscuiteers cheese biscuit tin comes in! Once you open the tin you are presented with bright pink tissue and a logo sticker. Inside the box you will find 4 amazing items. One pack of 10 Caraway & Parmesan biscuits. A second pack of 10 Rosemary & … Continue reading Biscuiteers – Say cheese! Biscuit tin
Artisan du Chocolat – No peanut buttercups?! I saw these and thought hmm fancy Reeses pieces and I really do like Reeses pieces. So I had a closer look at the box and it said with no peanut butter and a hint of sea salt. I thought, right I have to try these, can they really taste good without peanuts? At £5 a box I … Continue reading Artisan du Chocolat – No peanut buttercups
I visited Hotel Chocolat’s Rabot 1745 restaurant at Borough market in the London bridge area of London. Hotel Chocolat is a famous British Chocolate brand. The restaurant is within the world famous Borough market in London bridge. Their is a more casual brassiere and shop downstairs with the restaurant upstairs. Once seated in our booth, I noticed the napkins(picture above) at the at each table setting … Continue reading Hotel Chocolat – rabot 1745 restaurant
