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Archive for August, 2011

Chikalicious dessert club vanilla bean soft serve is well known and liked

I managed to convince some friends to join me in a second round of desserts at Chikalicious Dessert Club.   I say second round because we had already consumed three fine dessert plates at Soba-ya (review coming soon).  It wasn’t that difficult to get them on board.  Two of the friends are ice cream buffs and are obsessed with making batches of artisanal ice cream with all kinds of cool flavorings and formualtions–so they were easy to convince.  The third friend isn’t so into desserts (?) but we bullied him into it by putting him in a half-nelson and giving him two options: come with us for more dessert or listen to the drum circle in Astor Pl. for an hour. (more…)

Pain D'Avignon pain au chocolat

On Saturday while traveling to the Hester Street Market to try multiple desserts for my adoring fan(s) of DessertBuzz, I decided I needed some additional calories to make it the three-plus blocks from Delancy Street to Hester.   So I stopped in the Essex Street Market and hit the Pain D’Avignon retail store. (more…)

The Shaved Iced Shop at the Hester Street Fair

I visited the Hester Street Fair on Saturday.  It was my first time back since last fall’s fruitful outing and  I’m happy to report that there were a number of food vendors that are worth checking out.

The Poffertjes Man at the Hester Street Fair in NYC

The Poffertjes Man Mini Dutch Pancakes

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