The Wrongdoings of Tonee

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Happy Chinese New Year! (Year of the Ox)

Sephie LOVES the dog food! haha Snowie was not happy.

Elmo!!! Gift from Grandma from Chicago! Thanks Grandma!!!
**CORRECTION: Gift is from auntie Lillian. Thanks Auntie!!**

It was also Persephanie's 15month birthday!

Teeth brushin in the new haircut

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Sweet tooth

I had a serious hankerin for some serious sweets. I wanted.. no... NEEDED some gourmet chocolate. Normally, I'd head over to Chocolate Arts on West 4th. This time we tried ChocolaTAS in Granville Island.

I've never bought a box of chocolate and enjoyed it all myself. Well.. this time is no different. o_O

Rated them just for fun. Out of 4 stars

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Earl Grey: Dark ganache from black Earl Grey tea
- tastes just like the tea
- Bonus: Buy one get one free (an extra star for that!)
Score =**
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Dent-du Mini: Dark chocolate with almond praline and nougat
- taste like HedgeHogs but with a dark chocolate cover
- had nuts in it
- I didn't get a taste of this one.. AT ALL. (sigh)
Lina's score: ****
(She also said it was the best of the bunch. (double sigh)
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Romana: Dark ganache w/ raspberry chocolate
- fruit + chocolate = WIN!
Score =****
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Chocolatas: 67% dark ganache
(it's got the company name on it.. better be good)
- Dont know what ganache is.. but, it's smooth and very 'coco-y'
Score =***
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Lavender: Dark ganache infused with Lavender
- taste like flowers or perfume.
Score =**
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Mint: Dark ganache infused with fresh mint
- it was as expected. Minty and chocolaty
Score =*
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Granville Island: no description
- has a nice graphic of the Granville bridge on it. (sorry, no bonus stars for that)
- Not really sure what it is. Lack of a description sure made a difference here.
- Lina: "tastes like Granville Island, it's fitting.. fresh fruit.."
Score =***
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Lemon Thyme: Dark ganache with a lemon and thyme infusion
- I had high hope for this one. Love citrus.. anything. But, the thyme's flavor overpowered everything. Tasted like dinner.
Score =*
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Kirsch: Kirsch flavoured ganache
- Don't know what kirsch is.
- Wow.. Super strong!! Definitely a liquored chocolate. (Google confirmed this: "cherry brandy")
- I'm drunk
Score =***
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Truffle Praline: Almond praline
- Big fan of truffles. Again, high expectations for this one.
- crunchy, smooth, smokey after taste. yummy!
Score =****