I did end up with some gifts of chocolate on this weekend though, both completely unexpected. The first was a box of adorable truffles from choxie. Choxie is the target house brand chocolate. It came in this adorable box that actually had slide out tiers in it. Yes, it was fancy. And the chocolates are delish.
I also got a gift from M when she got back from Belgium. Have you ever had Neuhaus chocolates? Yes, they’re belgian, and yes, they rock.

If you can find it, you’ll love it.

While walking around in Ballard, I came upon a frozen yogurt place, Mooberry. It seems like the name is a bit of a copyright infringement on Pinkberry, but whatever, I’m no lawyer. It wasn’t that warm out, but it was warm enough for me. I got plain yogurt, with a dollop or mango and pomegranate, just because I wanted to see what the flavored yogurt was all about. I didn’t get any fruit toppings because their fruit topping options were rather paltry. The flavored yogurt? Eh. I liked the plain much better. They need better cups though. These generic dixie cups just ain’t doing it.

Mooberry
2019 NW Market St
Seattle, WA 98107
(206) 706-4842

I’m totally obsessed with Beard Papa’s. If I had one near me, I’d be there all the time. Seriously. Like once a day. 3-4 times a week, at least. And I am not exaggerating people. Not one bit. It’s only 220 calories per cream puff. That’s nothin! If I had one for every meal, instead of my meal, that’s still less than 750 calories. So then if I had one for dessert with every meal, it’d still only be 1500. This would be my ultimate meal replacement.

For those of you who have a Beard Papa’s near you and have never been, I behoove you to go. For those of you who like cream puffs, you know the little ones you can get at Costco or you get in a dessert tray, GO and you’ll never look at those little ones the same. Once you go Beard Papa’s, you never… you catch my drift.

This japanese chain is only closest to me via NYC, and it’s actually been quite awhile since I’ve been to the big apple. When I go to the bay area, I try to get to one whenever I can. And during this trip to Seattle, I went to the one in the H Mart and I also went to one in Vancouver. Yes, it’s worth crossing the border for! How could you not want to eat whatever this bearded pipe-smoking puffball hatted cutie is selling?
These aren’t your normal cream puffs. First off, they’re huge. They’re about the size of a fist, and so they’re definitely not something you can just pop in your mouth. Unless, perhaps, you have a flip-top head. But for us normal folk, you definitely need to take multiple bites. The pastry is freshly baked. And here’s the key to their tasty freshness – the cream is added only when you order.
See these little metal vats? They’re filled with creamy goodness. Regular vanilla is probably tops, but they also have additional cream filling flavors, including green tea. And there’s also other options aside from the plain cream puff, but I’m a traditionalist. I just want the original cream puff.
After they inject the dream, I mean cream, they dust on a lovely little layer of powdered sugar to finish off the little beauties. And if I am near one, I wolf it down in about 5 bites, if I can be that patient. Actually, having a flip-top head could be useful when it comes to cream puff inhaling!
I want one right now. Or a dozen.