Sweet Rose Creamery

The owners of Rustic Canyon and Huckleberry opened this new ice cream parlor, Sweet Rose Creamery, in the Brentwood Country Mart and it is so cute. It's refreshing to have real ice cream, everywhere else is frozen yogurt!


I had never been to The Country Mart before, and it reminded me so much of the Hamptons, I really liked it.


I chose the Brownie Sundae, which was really good. The vanilla ice cream was wonderful, and all the extravagant toppings were all so fresh. I watched the guy making it acutally whip the cream himself, and the cherry was real!


They had so many bizarre flavors, many of which were sold out. I was sad I couldn't try the mint because it sounded amazing, but I tried the salted caramel (incredible), the coffee (very strong), and summer corn (so weird!).


Some of the girls tried this coconut bar, it was delicious. I highly recommend this if you don't want a huge portion.


They had so many pies, pops, bon bons, milkshakes and ice cream sandwiches. I'll have to go back and try some more things!

Magnolia Bakery, LA

It finally opened! I'm not the biggest Magnolia fan ever, but I was excited for this to come to LA. I like Magnolia, it's very charming, I just think Sprinkles cupcakes are much better. Magnolia, however, does have something no one else has: the best banana pudding ever!! I picked out a few things to try, which were all good, but the pudding outshines the rest.

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The inside of the bakery resembled the NY locations, especially with the long lines, but was larger and more industrial. It's very cute, but no where to sit!










Banana Chocolate cupcake, the special of the day.


Chocolate Brownie


Banana Pudding, a whipped banana cream with chunks of banana and cake.


"The Fat Kid Bite"

Charlie Brown

My friend and her Mom stopped by the Charlie Brown Farms in Littlerock, CA on their way to pick up their new puppy. They so generosity shared their candy finds with me, which included almond brittle, caramels, honeycomb, and marshmallow chocolates.


This almond brittle was my favorite! It was perfectly crispy and sweet.


These caramels, honeycomb and marshmallow chocolates were also great. There's such a distinct taste to home made candy.


This trio of caramel, marshmallow and chocoalte was very cute. Super sticky!

Todd English Candy Bars

I wanted to buy something to bring back to LA with me from the Food Hall, and these bars seemed perfect. The two kinds they had sitting out couldn't have been more up my alley.

The Salty Sweet bar was milk chocolate filled with peanuts, toffee and mini pretzel rods...







The PB & J bar was made of a crispy peanut butter creamy filling that was topped with a thin layer of jelly, covered in dark chocolate... this was my favorite of the two.





They were both so good, I may need someone to start mailing them to me regularly... hint hint...

Todd English Red Velvet Cake

While roaming around the Todd English Food Hall, someone at the bakery told the red velvet cake was their best, so I had to try it. It was defiantly one of the best red velvets I've had. I really loved the icing. It was so fresh and tasty!

The Plaza Food Hall by Todd English

I don't know where to start, and have too much to say about this, so I'll leave it to the photos, but this new Food Hall by Todd English may have just saved The Plaza. I was beyond impressed and excited upon seeing this, and so sad I no longer live upstairs. Not only is there an amazing bakery section with goodies such as cakes, chocolates, and macaroons, but there is a cheese section, a pizza bar, a sushi bar, a dumpling bar among many other sections. It is incredible!

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Seafood Bar

Fresh Produce

Wine Bar

Cheese Bar

Pizza Bar

Dessert Bar

Curly Cakes Cupcakes

Todd English Chocolate Bars

Candy Bar

Candies

Pantry of Goods

My real live Eloise, and tour guide, Chloe

Sant Ambroeus

I love walking up Madison Avenue in the summer and seeing everyone sitting on benches outside the ice cream shops that are hidden among all the designer stores. Sant Ambroeus is a well known Italian "pasticceria, gelateria and ristorante" on the Upper East Side. I grew up having birthday cakes from here every year that were amazing. Their gelato is equally as good. I got the mint chip, and it was so refreshing it cleared my sinuses. The quality of the gelato is so good, and thick, the chocolate is so rich and the mint was so fresh.

Serafina

Serafina was staple restaurant for my friends and I in high school, so I thought it was the perfect place to meet up with friends the one night I had free in NYC. It's simple Italian food, but SO good. I think it's my ultimate comfort food. After two pizzas and pasta, we ordered three desserts: a tiramisu, an apple pie and dark chocolate Nutella soufflé.







They were all great, but of course I liked the soufflé best.

Moose Tracks

My favorite thing about summer is all the ice cream that's around. Anyone who knows me knows my all time favorite ice cream is mint chocolate chip, but if Moose Tracks was more of a common option, I would reconsider. I'm not sure what company makes this flavor, but my beach club in Westhampton has been serving it for years, and it has consistently been incredible. It's a vanilla ice cream with huge slabs of chocolate fudge and mini peanut butter cups. It's perfectly smooth, salty, sweet and crunchy. I love.

Carvel Cake

For my Grandma's 85th birthday we got a Carvel ice cream cake, her favorite. I've been eating this half chocolate half vanilla with cookie crumbles my whole life, and it still amazes me how much I love it. The fluffy white frosting and gel writing on top is my favorite part!

Hampton Popcorn

I've always seen this out in the Hamptons but hadn't tried it until now, and it was pretty good. Caramel popcorn covered with chocolate and peanut butter. The cluster effect going on is amazing, the problem is you don't know when to stop...