Category: Vancouver
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HoCho Fest Day 7: Mint To Be
After a somewhat stressful dinner experience, I made my way over to Blenz to snag the day’s hot chocolate festival item before all of the stores closed. I was pleased that my original hot chocolate location closed after all, because the second Blenz option was rather nice! An organic peppermint tea infusion combined with Belgian…
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HoCho Fest Day 6: The Hive
Oh yes, today was a good day. Today was accented with delectable, bittersweet chocolate delight. I had intentions to go to Bel Cafe, and I did, but their beverage was made with whole milk that could not be separated from the recipe itself, so I subtly said I’d buy something else instead and then promptly left……
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HoCho Fest Day 5: Put De Lime In De Coconut
After a hot chocolate hiatus involving career path searching, banana bread, and anxiety over what I am going to do with myself next year, I returned to my delicious trek today with a trip to Chocolate Arts. It was tucked away on West 3rd in a location I would not have expected to find a…
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HoCho Fest Day 4: Aphrodite’s Delight
This, the fourth day of my hot chocolate adventures, marked the first day I was unable to finish my treat! However, the gained knowledge of this location will surely benefit my happiness in the future, and I will certainly be returning to try another of their Hot Chocolate Festival items in the weeks to come.…
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HoCho Fest Day 3: My Funny Valentine
With books on my back, I traveled today to Blenz Coffee (one of four participating locations) for a new hot chocolate festival experience. The familiar wooden interior and ambience of “studying” greeted me, and I examined my two options: “Mint To Be” and “My Funny Valentine”. I went with the latter as it described dark…
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HoCho Fest Day 2: Call Me A Cab
Today’s adventure in hot chocolate tasting took me to Terra Breads in Kitsilano. I have only had the baking sort of treat from them, and had no idea there was such a range of specialty beverages and meal items! Along with my hot chocolate, I enjoyed an avocado and veggie sandwich. The hot chocolate is…
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HoCho Fest Day 1: Passionista
Today (actually, yesterday) marked the beginning of the 2014 Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival! I am very excited, and thusly decided to make my first stop Thomas Haas Chocolates. Here, they offered the “Campfire” and the “Passionista” – I tried the latter. “Fresh passion fruit-infused hot chocolate with Grand Marnier Chantilly, served with passion fruit Pate…
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Dining Discovery: Nuba – Authentic Lebanese Cuisine
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of sampling a “mezze” lunch appetizer from a restaurant on Broadway called Nuba. For someone such as myself, the appetizer sufficed for a meal – it was the perfect size, and happened to be gluten-free and vegan in addition to being DELICIOUS. My particular appetizer of choice was the Garden…
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Upcoming Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival: 2014
This is a very exciting time of year for warm, chocolaty beverage consumers (such as myself).Vancouver’s 4th annual Hot Chocolate Festival begins in 6 more days! There are 24 locations and 28 days of the festival, so it sounds like many of my days are going to be painted with warm, brown strokes of deliciousness…
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