Rocky

Top News: Beard Papa's has opened a new location closish to my house. O_O I love all things custard, especially vanilla. Custard pie, coconut custard pie, puddings, creme brulee, flan, bread pudding, Bavarian cream donuts, Boston cream cakes, cream puffs, you get the idea. So when I was introduced to Beard Papa's yesterday, I realized it was a match made in Heaven. We are MFEO (made for each other) or at least they are made for me. Not only do they have cream puffs but they are full of real custard, are sold at really affordable prices, have seating and free wifi. For those of you not in the know, as I was before yesterday, you pick out which pastry shell you want. You have a choice of chocolate, vanilla, vanilla dipped in chocolate, or a Paris brest (which is kind of a twisted donutty thing ). Then you choose the filling, they always have vanilla and then they have a daily special such as green tea as seen in the picture on the right. Its fantastic. Today just so happe...

Kentucky butter, coconut, mocha, orange, Irish cream, vanilla, pistachio, red velvet, lemon-poppy, banana nut, pecan fudge, pumpkin, chocolate, apple caramel, and blueberry...all the bundt you could handle. The table came together wonderfully, but not one of pictures turned out great. So please don't judge by the photo, this is just supposed to be a glimpse. On a different note, I went to a coffee break at the Dashew Center today, where they serve coffees from several countries for international students to mingle together and meet American students. They had coffees from Israel, Vietnam, Cuba, and Italy. Hands down my favorite coffee was from Vietnam, its served with sweetened condensed milk and has this cool little filter thing they place on the cup. So each individual cup is made fresh. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Dashew , the founder of the Dashew Center, today as well which was quite exciting. He has done some amazing work and it was great getting to actuall...