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June 15, 2010

A Chocoholic’s Dream: A Day with La Maison du Chocolat Factory Tour & Pastry Tasting with Gilles Marchal

The day I went to La Maison du Chocolat‘s factory in Nanterre, I thought I was Charlie from Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” The..
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June 10, 2010

Luxurious Lunch at Ledoyen

In NYC, I have my fair share of lavish dining: Eleven Madison Park, the lunch tasting menu at The Modern Dining Room, Jean Georges, and..
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June 6, 2010

Dinner at Chez L’Ami Jean

This is a continuation from my first day in Paris, on May 25, 2010. In case you haven’t read the first part, please click here...
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June 4, 2010

Pain and Pleasure

When my best friend HC and I were waiting at Newark for our flight out to Paris, we had the sudden interruption before flight that..
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June 3, 2010

Paris, France – Reflections

As almost every person’s dream is to visit to Paris, France and I’ve finally went there last week. It’s almost everything I dreamed of: amazing..
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May 21, 2010

Jo's Restaurant (Closed)

This will be my last post until I come back from my vacation to Paris in early June, as I’m leaving New York City on..
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May 18, 2010

Brunch I Actually Enjoyed: ilili Restaurant

ilili As a born and bred native New Yorker, I don’t exactly understand the concept of brunch. Brunch to me is basically another way to..
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May 17, 2010

Lucky Rice Festival's Night Market

Apologies for the extended delay on updating this blog. I’m packing up my bags to get ready for Paris next week and I’m busy with..
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May 17, 2010

Lucky Rice Festival’s Night Market

Apologies for the extended delay on updating this blog. I’m packing up my bags to get ready for Paris next week and I’m busy with..
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May 11, 2010

Lucky Rice Festival's Opening Night Cocktail Party

Back on Thursday, April 29th, I attended Lucky Rice Festival’s Opening Night Cocktail Party at the Bowery Hotel hosted by Kelly Choi. Being that this..
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May 11, 2010

Lucky Rice Festival’s Opening Night Cocktail Party

Back on Thursday, April 29th, I attended Lucky Rice Festival’s Opening Night Cocktail Party at the Bowery Hotel hosted by Kelly Choi. Being that this..
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May 4, 2010

La Maison du Chocolat’s Chocolate Tasting

Table setting Last week, La Maison du Chocolat kindly invited me to their chocolate tasting session called Paracours Initiatique: Tamanaco. It’s a nice, intimate setting..
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April 22, 2010

What I’ve Been Up To (and a fruit tart recipe)

I know it’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve updated my blog. I know, I didn’t mean to keep all of you hanging but..
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April 11, 2010

The Return of The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck (and some inside info)

New Yorkers, we can rejoice for the return of The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck! I did miss the first time Doug Quint, the one..
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April 1, 2010

Preview of Fatty 'Cue

Interior/Bar area A week ago, I went to Lucky Rice‘s Press Preview party at the just opened, one of the highly anticipated restaurants to open..
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