Our Adventures in Japan

In the past, Salon du Chocolat was staggered from Tokyo, moving on to Kyoto and then to other regions of Japan. This year it was held all ...

It's Valentine's Day today, I still don't know what I'm giving to Satoshi... But, I have been doing "research".....

So what did I do on my birthday? Well, I had an appointment early in the morning in Umeda. Afterwards, I went to check out Salon du Choco...

As I said in yesterday's post , I checked out the Salon du Chocolat at JR Kyoto Isetan with Tamakikat. There were 3 French chocolatiers ...

Last Friday, I met up with Tamakikat (who by the way, moved her blog due to photo overload). Anyway, we went to check out the annual Salon ...

Mazet's prasilines are almonds that are roasted then coated with caramel to give them a brittle like crunch. This tiny tin only had 6 o...

Sorry, I didn't publish all your comments right away, we spent the weekend in Hokkaido, there was lots of snow and lots to tell about, b...

Van Dender is a Belgian chocolatier. The one on the left was called Palet or noir--dark chocolate ganache covered with dark chocolate. A li...

Well, in my opinion, the game was pretty boring up until the last couple of minutes. At least they showed the half-time show here. Several...

Here are the first two of the chocolates that I tried. Yves Thuries' macarons are not the "cookies" that I have come to love,...

Man, I must be losing it, I thought yesterday was Friday... Since my yearly trip home (Hawaii) will be a little later in the year, I went to...

Remember I went to the Salon du Chocolat , last month? Well, while I was there, I found Henri Le Roux's counter in the basement of the ...

I had been wanting to see this event for myself, since last year and also after seeing Paris Breakfasts' many posts . While the Paris...