The Certifiable Foodie: Let them eat Bacetti

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Let them eat Bacetti

I happened into my favorite Macaron shop Chantal Guillon in Hayes Valley on Hayes Street last week for a little treat and noticed they had a little freezer behind the counter with all these beautifully wrapped cubes inside. I asked Paulette about them and she told me they were a new ice cream product developed by her children Cedric and Alexandra. A Bacetti (Little Kiss) is a bite sized cube of gelato enrobed in delicious dark chocolate. They currently make three flavors (Chocolate, Vanilla and Pine Nut) at their location on the corner of Harrison and 3rd Streets.

These are the perfect afternoon pick me up or little accompaniment to coffee after dinner. Can you imagine these at the Kabuki theatre at the concession stand or upstairs at the bar in the balcony... So utterly romantic to share with someone special.

Enjoy Foodies...

1 comments:

adidonato said...: Hello Perry,
Under you suggestion, Bacetti are at the Sundance Kabuki !
Enjoy :); September 12, 2011 6:36 PM

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Let them eat Bacetti

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