Thursday, October 29, 2009

ChocolateBet: October 29, 2009


Chocolate of the Day:

1 regular serving (cup)
Fosters Freeze LLC
Soft serve ice cream - 1/2 vanilla + 1/2 chocolate
Good + - Very Good
Weight: ~ 5 oz. (estimate)
Calories: ~ 180 calories (estimate)
Cost: $1.91 (includes $0.16 tax)
Purchased from: Fosters Freeze, in Menlo Park, CA

Fosters Freeze, is a California-based fast food chain that is famous for their soft serve ice cream, burgers, fries and other frozen dessert treats. There is a nostalgic fondness for this ~60-year old chain. Apparently in 2006, local residents signed a petition to prevent the demolition of the Menlo Park Fosters Freeze location that I visited this evening. I certainly enjoyed my vanilla and chocolate soft serve ice cream swirled together in a cup - a lower calorie option than most ice creams.

ChocolateBet: October 28, 2009

Chocolate of the Day:
1 serving (glass)
PortoFino restaurant
Hot chocolate with Sambuca, brandy, whipped cream
(hot chocolate version of their Caffe Portofino coffee drink)
Very Good - Very Good +
Weight: ~ 8 fluid oz. (237 mL)
Calories: ~ 430 calories (estimate)
Cost: $7.75
Purchased from: PortoFino restaurant, in Carmel, CA

There was something extra transporting about sipping a licorice*-laced hot chocolate in a cottage near the sea. Actually, PortoFino (translation: beautiful door) restaurant was a great restaurant disguised as a cottage, in true Carmel style. Wonderful hot soup + this drink was enough to take the chill off a cool, breezy afternoon.

*Sambuca is an Italian anise-flavored liqueur
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