Speaking of Chocolate . . . April 23, 2011
Posted by nrhatch in Food & Drink, Humor, Travel & Leisure.trackback
There are chocolate bars . . . and then there is the Chocolate Bar!
At the Langham Hotel in Boston, from September to June, guests indulge at the Café Fleuri’s Chocolate Bar:
Spend Saturday afternoons indulging your sweeter side at The Langham, Boston’s most unique Chocolate Bar. Tempt your chocolate cravings at this weekly Chocolate wonderland.
Experience this all-you-can-enjoy buffet, which features an array of scrumptious chocolate desserts, including the legendary Langham Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding, Truffles, Cotton Candy, Whoopie Pies, and more.
Perfect for birthday parties, baby and bridal showers, and other special events. Or simply treat yourself to one of our artfully created confections.
Only offered on Saturdays from September through June, the Chocolate Bar is a dessert wonderland with over 85 chocolate delights created by pastry chef, Jed Hackney and his team.
Boston . . . not just for seafood lovers anymore.
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A guy wandering the beach found a bottle washed up on the sand. A genie popped out and gave him three wishes:
(1) “I want a million dollars.”
Poof! A million dollars.
(2) “And a Jaguar convertible.”
Poof! A Jaguar convertible.
(3) “Last wish. Hmm . . . I know! Make me irresistible to all women.”
Poof! The genie turned him into a box of chocolates.
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Have heard the joke in different variations. Non printable on a respectable blog, however. I never knew there were stores like this.
If I lived near Boston . . . I would have to visit this Chocolate Bar at least once.
I don’t remember where I first heard this joke, but it’s a great reminder to watch what we wish for. 😀
Now that is what I call a Bar! This post is responsible, Ms Nancy, for my going right now for a chunk of Dark Chocolate Almond Bark.
We saw this Chocolate Bar on a food show today and were wowed at the amazing variety of sweet treats offered to diners . . . all featuring chocolate.
I’m sure that your chunk of Dark Chocolate Almond Bar was a more calorie conscious indulgence.
I wish I had known about this when I was visiting my family in December.
Now you have a reason to head back East. 😀
In Durango, where I lived before this, they hold Chocolate Fantasia every year around Valentine’s Day. It is a fundraiser and area restaurants all contribute their best chocolate recipes for decadent indulgence. YUM!
Oh, fun! And it’s for a good cause. Sweet!
Ha! A box of chocolates is irresistible for sure! That’s as good as the sixty-year-old man married to a woman his own age. He wished for a wife thirty years younger than he. Poof! He was turned into a man ninety years old!
Be careful what we wish for. 🙂 Blessings to you, Nancy…
Another wonderful example! Thanks, Carol Ann.
I love that joke!
Yay! Kudos from the Laughing Housewife! 🙂
Liked reading this post. I love chocolate ! what woman doesn’t. I really like the following #3- Last wish. Hmm . . . I know! Make me irresistible to all women.” Poof! The genie turned him into a box of chocolates.
I can see many guys making that mistake, not realizing that only one thing is irresistible to all women. 😛
That chocolate bar sounds great. My husband is allergic to chocolate, though, so I’d have to take a friend on that trip 🙂
I liked the joke (and Carol’s variation). Thanks for the laugh!
I’m sure that you’ll get plenty of volunteers to go with you! 🙂
Funny Joke! 🙂
Glad you enjoyed. The best jokes mirror reality: Men want to be irresistible to women. Women find chocolate irresistible. 😀
Bwahahaha!
The closest thing we have to a bar like that is the Lindt studio, I am dying to go to one of their workshops.
I would too! Lindt Truffles are one of my favorite chocolate treats. And one of their chocolate bars is my idea of heaven.
Yummy! I love bread pudding so I will go to Boston just for that experience… Check! It is duly noted. 🙂
Happy Easter!
Elizabeth
We went out for dessert one day and ordered Chocolate Bread Pudding “cradled by a warm bourbon sauce then topped with Häagen-Dazs vanilla bean ice cream and a homemade chocolate crisp.” 🙂
It’s the article above . . . Eat Dessert First!
I’ve been to a similar chocolate buffet. Oh. My. Goodness. Sooooooooo good. Not sure why foods other than chocolate exist- so unnecessary!
It’s an extreme eating event for some: Four women sitting at a table said they had been then for ages. They’d eat until full, then converse until they could eat some more.
Several desserts featured fruit ~ including the chocolate fountain. The diners didn’t seem to mind the absence of veggies. 😀
Chocolate! I had some earlier and felt guilty afterwards. But now, after reading this, I don’t anymore! 😀
Yes. You can’t possibly have consumed your weight in chocolate like some of the people at this chocoholic’s buffet.
Chocolate, is not high on my list of foods, however it does have its moments 🙂
I find it to be an affordable indulgence ~ instead of eating a larger dessert, just a small piece of chocolate to round out a nice meal.
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Love the joke and the thought of that much chocolate all in one place!
It would be the dream location to be locked in overnight for sure.:)
Locked in a chocolate prison. Mmm . . .
I wonder if employees are allowed to take leftovers home . . . assuming there are leftovers. 😎
how obvious of the genie!
The genie must have been “around the block” a few times.
Thank you Nancy, for the smile that is on my face…love the joke…and love the chocolate. 🙂
Glad to start your day (or end your night) with a smile. Here’s to love, laughter . . . and the pursuit of chocolate.
Chocolate is my biggest weakness & I’m trying to lose weight. I told my wife not to buy me anymore. If I don’t have it I can go without. If I know it’s in the house I can’t leave it alone.
Sometimes “out of sight, out of mind” is the only way to deal with cravings.
We always have chocolate in the house. I find that a small piece of chocolate satisfies the craving for something sweet without “sinking the ship” by adding too much ballast.