Author Archives for Mandy Pan

Emily’s Limited Edition Chocolate Covered Cherry Hazelnut Holiday Mix


I have seen Emily’s chocolates in Target, Whole Foods and Walmart, before but never gotten round to getting myself a pack to try. So when an opportunity to review its limited edition chocolate covered cherry hazelnut holiday mix arised, I jumped at it.

The 6 oz chocolate that comes with a red bright box looks festive and […]

Lula’s Chocolates: Assorted Chocolates and Dark Chocolate Aloha Rocky Road


    
I love trying out artisan chocolates, so I was pretty excited when given the opportunity to review Lula’s “Assorted Chocolates” and “Aloha Rocky Road” not too long ago.

The assorted chocolates comes in an elegant brown box consisting of 12 different flavors, ranging from creme and nut clusters to caramel. Lula’s thoughtfully included a small note, which helped me to […]

Chuao Chocolatier’s ChocoPod


Last week, I had the pleasure sampling some interesting chocolates made by Chuao Chocolatier, a San Diego-based artisan chocolatier.
The concept, as written on the promotional pamphlet, is “to combine chocolate bar with bonbon, and offer a slim but satisfying chocolate decadence with less than 60 calories per serving”.

I was excited seeing the five little packets […]

Mandy Pan

I discovered my passion for baking when I quitted my job two years ago to join my husband in St Louis. Being a newly married woman with plenty of time at my disposal, I started to play around with flour, butter, egg, sugar and chocolate in our tiny kitchen. I am known among friends to be a passionate eater. But a baker? That is a side of me that friends have not seen. In order to keep in touch with friends and record my cooking and baking adventures, I started a blog, < a href = "http://novice-baker.blogspot.com">Fresh From The Oven</a> almost two years ago. My first baking adventure started with a box of brownie mix, a mixing bowl, a wooden spoon, two eggs and half a cup of oil. Eventhough I have since tried many recipes from scratch, I will never forget the joy when my first batch of brownie came out from the oven and how the aroma filled our little apartment.