little flower candy company (pasadena)

little flower candy company
1424 w colorado boulevard
pasadena, ca 91105
(626) 304-4800
www.littleflowercandy.com

once in awhile i treat myself to some beautiful spongy marshmallows. i love them…they’re so cute and always put a smile on my face and in my heart everytime i see one. :)

we recently had lunch at europane bakery in pasadena, and bought these adorable fluffy homemade marshmallow there. they’re made by little flower candy, co. (they’re on west colorado blvd, but their website is still under construction.) aren’t they pretty? each packet comes with four very pretty pastel colors vanilla marshmallows. the only complain we would have is how these are crystal sugar coated instead of powdered coated. when we bite into it, the sugar was so sweet and the micro-crystal texture simply overpowered the soft and delicious marshmallow itself. other than that, if you love marshmallows and sweets, drop by and pick one up…makes a nice little cheer up gift, too! :)

ben & jerry’s (century city)

ben & jerry’s century city
10250 santa monica blvd
century city, ca 90067
(310) 788-9682

i’ve wanted to check out this special inauguration “yes pecan” flavor since i heard it on the news.  so yesterday, after dinner at century city’s westfield mall, we dropped by the ben & jerry’s there to have a little taste test. :p  hmm, i tried a little spoonful of it and unfortunately, it was just way too buttery for me.  :p  i like their “yes pecan!” poster though! :)

…and, congratulations to our 44th president, barack h. obama!! it’s a great day for us all!! :)

matcha tiramisu (home kitchen)

ikitchen
marina del rey, ca 90295
yumyuminthetumtum’s home kitchen

when i was still living in hong kong, i used to scout out the best tiramisu in town, and the ones at the peak was my favorite! :)   though there are so many tiramisu recipes around, some time years ago, i accidentally came across one that was simple to follow from a magazine i browsed through while getting my hair cut.  from someone who doesn’t like following recipes, i usually just did it my way.  since i have some matcha (green tea powder) laying around in my kitchen cupboard, this time, i decided to make a matcha tiramisu.  i’ve always enjoyed making tiramisu for friends, but had not made one in awhile.   while getting too excited with my matcha experiment, i forgot to add the green tea powder when whipping the mascarpone, so the only green tea powder you would find was on top of the dessert in substitution of the cocoa powder. a regular size cookie cutter is not deep enough for the tiramisu, so i traced the shape and cut it with a knife instead to form this cute little heart shape. a sweet way to celebrate your next valentine’s day if you wanna give this a try. :)