Showing posts with label SLC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SLC. Show all posts

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Best waffle you'll ever have

After our study abroad, my roommate/friend/esposa Sarah and I went to Brussels for 36 hours en route to Berlin.




Most of the time was spent eating waffles (and chocolate). They are nothing like you've ever had before. They have this certain sweetness in their thick dough-y batter that will blow your mind.

But now, no Belgian trip is needed...



Because now there is an authentic Belgian waffle place in SLC.



They are the best either plain or with a dusting of powdered sugar.
Seriously, no chocolate needed.

There were two waffle places on my NYC street last summer - actually, one was a waffle truck that periodically sat on 14th street...Emily and I would call each other if we spotted it (Gossip Girl style ;) - it was that amazing.
The best was eating one on the steps of Union Square watching the night scene unfold.


Who says America isn't getting better by the day?!

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Cute as a button

Oooh how I loove the Salt Lake City bakery Les Madeleines...


Why?  

The only bakery in SLC that makes authentic French macarons-- known in (dumbed down) English as "button cookies"...

In flavors of hazelnut, mango, strawberry, pistachio, green tea and even 'margarita'...


AND one of only 6 bakeries in the USA to make Kouing-aman... 
a sweet & salty, crunchy & gooey anomaly of a pastry that must be made with sea salt from its birthplace of Brittany, France.


Les Madeleines has not only provided me with loads of epicurean delight, but also shown me that Utah may be a more sophisticated place than previously thought...

this is why food has the ability to affect my life so deeply. hehe.


Photo via Les Madeleines