It was wonderful! Not just the delicious chocolate goodies, but the atmosphere as well. It's held in their huge lobby with a live jazz band playing. The service was fabulous and we stuffed ourselves with all different kinds of goodies. We ate a very light dinner, so we'd be able to go wild for dessert!
Uche's favorite was a chocolate, Bailey's cheesecake. I don't know what was my favorite... was it the chocolate panna cotta with brandied cherries or the chocolate fudge cake with a truffle on top or the pot of chocolate hazelnut cream or the chocolate cups with cream and fruit or the dark chocolate fondue and strawberries.... I can't decide!
Afterwards we walked around a little bit to try to work off some of the damage. We looked at some of the windows that are decorated for Christmas and then headed home. It was a wonderful end to my birthday.
Look!! There's chocolate!! Up on the top left in the brass colored pots is ice cream that is set in a block of ice.
Aren't those big blocks of chocolate with truffles scattered on them beautiful??
The presentation was gorgeous. On left you see a chocolate scuplture with gold leaf covering parts of it. The pictures don't do it justice.
Uche enjoying a chocolate dipped breadstick. They were surprisingly good.
Getting the last little bit of the chocolate/hazelnut mousse, I refrained from licking out the bowl... just barely.
A Christmas window at Rustan's department store. It's still bizarre to think Christmas while walking around in sleeveless and capris...
Uche in front of another window at Rustan's. The windows were quite beautiful and really well decorated.
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Happy Birthday Sarah! That looked like the perfect way to celebrate a great day! Sherry
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