If you’re looking for unusual ice cream flavors, try The Original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory in New York’s Chinatown. It features a Black Sesame ice cream, as well as other exotic flavors like Avocado, Wasabi and Taro, plus Oreo Cookie, Butter Pecan and Mint Chip.
Check out their funky Web site.
A: 65 Bayard Street (between Mott & Elizabeth), New York, NY 10013.
T: 212.608.4170.
Combe House is a Grade 1 Elizabethan Manor House, it’s quaint welcoming and quintessentially English. With a wood panelled Great Hall, ancestral portraits, roaring log fires and Arabian horses roaming the lawns it’s a dream. If you’re looking for an ideal English village this is it according to HRH Prince Charles, if it’s a romantic…
One of my favorite artisan chocolate makers is Scharffen Berger. I visit their booth often at the Ferry Building Marketplace in San Francisco on my ferry ride back to Marin County. Now, they’re hosting a recipe contest where the Grand Prize is $5 grand. Just show them your spirit of adventure by choosing a type…
“The Best Restaurant in the World”, Chef/owner Heston Blumenthal, of Fat Duck in Berkshire, is famous for his scientifically based “molecular gastronomy.” If you are not familiar with this type of cusine, here is a sample starter from his tasting menu : • NITRO-GREEN TEA AND LIME MOUSSE (2001)The chef, whose restaurant in Bray has…
Their Visit Monaco Web site says it all: “The energy of New York. The elegance of Monaco. Two cultural capitals come together.” This Spring and Summer, Monaco and New York will exchange cultural treasures. If you’re in NYC, you can experience the glamour of Monaco to taste Monegasque cuisine, feast your eyes on their unique…
Cape Kidnappers, set on the shores of Hawke’s Bay in the backdrop of 6,000 rolling acres of farm land, this resort offers opulence in form of accommodation, dining, spa, golf and many other activities. A combination of serene blue Pacific Ocean and never-ending green pastures will soothe your eyes like never before. Whether you are…
After walking and tasting we had developed quite a thirst, just in time for a visit to the Guinness Storehouse – Ireland’s #1 tourist attraction. While touring the massive seven story glass and steel building, modeled after a giant pint glass, you’ll learn everything from the brewing and fermenting process to barrel crafting in the…