Showing posts with label gifts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gifts. Show all posts

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Josophan's Fine Chocolates - Part I

I don't like chocolate.

Seriously. No joke.

It's not that I hate it and refuse to have anything to do with it, it's just that...well, it simply does not make my heart flutter the way that it does for most other girls. I like chocolate flavoured things like ice cream, cakes, mousses etc, but I just don't like the actual block chocolate stuff that people seem to just give away as a "oh I needed to give you a gift but wasn't sure what to get" type of gift.

Let it be known that I'd happily pick away at a jar of good olives than even so much as bothering to touch a block of Cadbury.
Having said that, I simply could not walk past Josophan's Fine Chocolates in Leura without sneaking a peek at the goodies inside.Josophan's Chocolates have won numerous awards over the years at various produce shows, including the Sydney Royal Show and has consistently remained at the top of the chocolate making industry. Obviously I'm not much a chocolate connoisseur, but luckily for me JL loves his sweets and all the things I don't so that he may fill in the gaps where needed.According to him the chocolates were incredibly smooth and sensuous in texture. He had bought milk chocolate, and the subtle taste of milk could actually be tasted through the gentle sweetness. I took a bit myself and had to agree. It was amazing to finally appreciate the sweet scent of milk in the chocolate.

If it weren't for my love of purple, I think I would be hating Cadbury by now.

In the end we decided to all chip in for a box of 8. However, we only ended up getting 6 as the Cappucino cups and Cafe Noir were special and counted as 2 in the box. I wasn't complaining as I was really only interested in the Cafe Noir. In retrospect I think the Hazelnut Praline would have been pretty nice as well.Now this would be the part where I was meant to tell you about the taste and texture of the chocolate. Unfortunately I can't do that. Why?

I never ended up eating the chocolate. Long story short we had an overdosage of food on the trip and the fact we had a box of good chocolates just didn't really appeal to me. I did remember to take photos for the sake of the blog, but gosh...

As if you could bear to destroy those beautiful pieces of chocolate. Seriously.

Monday, May 11, 2009

My Sweet, Sweet Day at Uni

There are a few perks of going to uni. Tropicana is one of them.

And the other? Well, meeting new people of course! You just never know who you might come across.

For me, my surprise came when I discovered that the guy who shoved a USB stick containing DOTA in my wallet turned out to the be the guy whose family owned Cupcakes on Pitt.

Kodak would've paid me to take a shot of my face when I found out...

Now despite the fact that IT practically lives in the world of dota, he showed up to uni this morning delivering not THREE (which was the original plan), but an entire box of assorted cupcakes from his store! For your convenience, I've labeled them all so you may salivate at the thought of nomming on some...let's see...perhaps Cookies & Cream cupcake? Or perhaps.... Strawberries & Cream?

Mmm....

You could clearly see the dilemma I was having upon the sight of this gastronomical excitement.

Needless to say, it didn't take long for the whole box to disappear. I would've eaten them all, but I think my conscience and friends alike would have murdered me with pitchforks...

Or pens...

Or accounting textbooks...

I ended up having the honeycomb (my faaaavourite) and the mango coconut and shared the rest with all those that tackled me down the halls of ASB. They were absolutely divine and totally made my otherwise really gloomy day at uni.

Don't these babies just light up? They're so gorgeous!

So thank you IT for this box! They were really really really the highlight of my day!

Cupcakes on Pitt - CBD Stores
Shop 2, 323-327 Pitt Street
Sydney, NSW 2000
Tel: (02) 9264 4644

61 York Street
Sydney, NSW 2000
Tel: (02) 9262 4660

Cupcakes on Pitt - Parramatta
Shop 1163 Westfield
Parramatta, NSW 2150
Tel: (02) 9633 4343

Cupcakes on Pitt - Bondi Beach
112a O'Brien Street
Bondi Beach, NSW 2026
Tel: (02) 8300 8306