Doris Sweet Journey: 十月 2011

2011年10月28日星期五

Ice Cream At Home

Today, I will introduce some ice cream you can eat at home, without going to some ice cream store. You can taste this delicious ice cream whenever you want. Here they are......

This is "Lotte Yukimi Daifuku Petit Trio Frozen Mochi Ice". It is ice cream with mochi outside. Each one is single piece. There are 3 flavors in it. There are 21 pieces in this box.

The white one is vanilla flavor. The green one is green tea flavor. And dark red one is chocolate flavor. It tastes very smooth. Little single packages are easy to carry. I recommend this one.

Also, there are other this kind of ice cream products. You can have a try. Many Japanese market and Chinese market sell these Mochi Ice Cream.

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2011年10月27日星期四

100% Sweet Cafe - Sweet Place

100 Sweet Cafe is a Hong Kong sweet cafe. Many yong people come here to chat with friends.
This cafe is not very big, but a lot of customers. If you come late at meal time, you will be waiting in a long line.

“Milk Tea Pudding”
I recommend this one. It is a little sweet. The taste is between pudding and mousse.

This is one page of the menu. They have many different kinds of desserts. All of them look like delicious.

"Mocha with ....."
I do not like this one.

“Mango GiGi with tadpoles”
Mango is very fresh. Tadpoles is not real. It is a kind of jello. It is interesting to try these tadpoles.

Also, if you are hungry, they have some dishes for you.

100% Sweet Cafe
2512 Clement St
(between 26th Ave & 27th Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94121
Hours:
Mon-Thu, Sun 3 pm - 12 am
Fri-Sat 3 pm - 1 am

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2011年10月20日星期四

Chantal Guillon - Macaron & Tea

A macaron (French pronunciation) is a sweet confectionery made with egg whites, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond powder or ground almond, and food coloring. The macaron is commonly filled with buttercream or jam filling sandwiched between two cookies.

Chantal Guillon was opened in 2008. It has been known as the specialize macarons store in San Francisco. Recently, they renovated the store and most importantly built a kitchen in San Francisco, as customers longtime request. The macarons are now made in San Francisco SOMA; with natural, local ingredients, free of coloring and OGM and Gluten free.

Macarons Flavors:

Everyday they have a minimum of 12 flavors, that change in according with the season and holidays.

Here is the last Chantal Guillon collection:

Chocolate Truffle Lavender Poppy

Expresso Coffee Persian Rose

Tahitian Vanilla Hazelnut Ganduja

Salted Caramel Green Tea

Peach Bellini Italian Pistachio

Apricot Marzipan Passion Fruit

Also, Chantal Guillon makes macarons for your events, parties and wedding. They can create favors with personalized ruban color.

Macaron information:

The macarons are Gluten Free.

All contains almonds nuts, white eggs and sugar.

Some are dairy, and some contains other nuts.

They last 2 to 3 days in refrigerator.

Keep them in a plastic box, or in plastic film away from humidity.

Chantal Guillon

437 A Hayes Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

Hours:

Mon, Sun 12 pm - 6 pm

Tue-Sat 11 am - 7 pm

Order Online

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Ristorante Buon Gusto - Italian restaurant

Ristorante Buon Gusto is an Italian restaurant in South San Francisco. I found it in Google Map. Lots of people like this restaurant. I decided to go and taste the desserts there.

Here is the Dessert Menu.

This is Cream Caramel. I recommend this dessert.

Here is a Tiramisu and Cappuccino. Tiramisu here is not my taste.

Pasta here is very delicious. It is not too much. I like the sauce on the top.

Buon Gusto Restaurant

224 Grand Avenue

South San Francisco,
CA 94080

Hours:

Monday through Friday: Lunch, 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM; Dinner, 5:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Saturday: (not open for lunch, except for private parties of 30 or more); Dinner, 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Sunday: (not open for lunch, except for private parties of 30 or more); Dinner (banquet menu), 4:30 Pm - 9:30 PM

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2011年10月13日星期四

Smitten Ice Cream - Liquid Nitrogen ice cream

It all began with a Radio Flyer wagon, an innovative hand-welded machine, and an abiding love for ice cream….
In the pursuit of creating better ice cream, Robyn Sue Goldman spent two years developing a one-of-a-kind ice cream machine, now named “Kelvin.” Kelvin’s uniqueness stems from its ability to make the smoothest, tastiest ice cream from scratch in 60 seconds. How? Kelvin runs on liquid nitrogen.

Smitten Ice Cream was born in late 2009 when Robyn Sue hit the streets of San Francisco with an apron and a dream, pulling Kelvin atop a souped-up Radio Flyer wagon (complete with off-road wheels and a homemade battery pack). Since then, Robyn Sue has teamed up with pastry chef Robyn Lyn Lenzi and chef and lawyer Andrew Shaw. They’re all united by the Smitten mission: to make each and every truly decadent scoop to order, using only the freshest, purest, locally sourced and seasonal ingredients. One minute, it’s milk, cream, sugar, and caramelized peaches; the next minute, it’s the smoothest, most flavorful peach ice cream you can imagine.

Over its first year, Smitten’s artisan ice cream and magic captivated foodie audiences at Bay Area festivals, corporate shindigs, and high-end events—garnering rave reviews and delighted bellies everywhere they went. Now, Smitten has parked its wagon in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley and transformed a recycled shipping container into an ice cream shop like you’ve never seen before.

Flavors

THE CLASSICS (always available)

•Vanilla

- Add homemade cocoa nib praline?

•TCHO 60.5% Dark Chocolate

- Make it “hot” chocolate?

- add candied jalapeño

Smitten Ice Cream

432 Octavia St. #1a

(corner of Octavia St. & Linden St., Hayes Valley)

San Francisco, CA 94102

Hours:

Monday - Thursday & Sunday:

12:00 - 9:00 PM

Friday & Saturday:

12:00 - 10:00 PM

Smitten Ice Cream:
http://www.smittenicecream.com/home/Home.html

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Banana Island - Fried Ice Cream

Banana Island began when their owners had a vision of running a restaurant,which would serve authentic Asian cuisine made only from the highest quality ingredients. Since then, Banana Island was born appealing to fans of Asian cuisine all over the bay area.

Set a tropical and comfortable atmosphere, Banana Island is sure to take you back to the lands of Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. You will be greeted and served by their warm and friendly staff,which adds to the comfort of the atmosphere.

I ordered Fried Ice Cream as dessert.

When I cut it into two pieces, ice cream inside was still very hard. It was not melting. Flavor is like vanilla mixed with coconut.

Also, they have many other desserts, Ice Kacang, Coconut Pudding and so on.

Banana Island

416 West Lake Center

Daly City, CA

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2011年10月6日星期四

Baskin-Robbins - a chance to win $1,000

I found a very exciting news for ice cream lover or frozen dessert chef from Twitter. Now through October 31, ice cream fans can enter the contest online by creating a virtual flavor at www.baskinrobbins.com. The top 20 finalists who will receive free ice cream for a year. Ice cream fans will then vote online for their favorite flavor to determine the winner. The winner will receive a trip for two to Boston which includes a three-night stay at a landmark Boston hotel, a night at the theatre, $1,000 in spending money and a trip to Baskin-Robbins headquarters where the winner will meet the Baskin-Robbins culinary team and spend a day bringing their virtual flavor to life.

Baskin-Robbins

"We sell fun, not just ice cream."

— Irv Robbins, co-founder.

Nearly three-quarters of a century ago, two brothers-in-law shared a dream to create an innovative ice cream store that would be a neighborhood gathering place for families. Burton "Burt" Baskin and Irvine "Irv" Robbins had a mutual love of old-fashioned ice cream and the desire to provide customers a variety of flavors made with ingredients of the highest quality in a fun, inviting atmosphere.

For over 62 years, Baskin-Robbins have been delighting customers with our irresistible treats. They still follow the credos and innovative thinking of our founders, Burton Baskin and Irvine Robbins. With more than 6,000 retail shops in 35 countries, they’re now the world’s largest chain of ice cream specialty shops.

Most Popular Flavors

Made with Snickers®

Indulge in our buttery Caramel ice cream made with Snickers and swirled with a caramel ribbon, introduced in 1994 as Everyone's Favorite Candy Bar.

Chocolate Chip

This sweet classic combination of Vanilla-flavored ice cream loaded with semi-sweet chocolate chips has been a favorite since its introduction in 1945.

Mint Chocolate Chip

Enjoy Mint ice cream with lots of chocolate chips-a favorite since 1985.

Oreo® Cookies ’n Cream

A classic since 1985, we combine our classic Vanilla-flavored ice cream and load it up with Oreo cookie pieces.

Pralines’n Cream

Fans have been enjoying Vanilla-flavored ice cream with a caramel ribbon and praline-coated pecan pieces since 1970.

Very Berry Strawberry

Delight with our delicious, Strawberry ice cream chockfull of strawberries. A favorite since 1984.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

Cookie Dough ice cream with chunks of chocolate chip cookie dough and chocolate chips has been a favorite since 1992.

Chocolate

Ever since 1945, we’ve made this with our exclusive Baskin-Robbins extra rich chocolate.

Baskin-Robbins
570 Battery St
San Francisco, CA 94111

310 Westlake Center

Daly City, CA 94015

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Yogurt Circle

Yogurt Circle opened its doors to the public on September 15, 2008. People have enjoyed the nice, creamy, self-serve, Frozen Yogurt. They have eight different flavors available at any given time, four of which, cycle out between other enticing flavors. And they have 40 different toppings allowing you to customize your cup-o-yogurt.