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...order two martinis (both $9.50)—a Green Goose (Grey Goose orange, Cointreau, splash of sour apple, sugar rim) and a Chocolate Cherry (Stoli vanilla, Kahlua, amaretto, crème de cocoa, dash of grenadine). We laud the smooth, mellow acidity of the first and are revolted by the cluttered confusion of the second. Vanilla, coffee, almond, chocolate and red fruits jostling for attention? What a garbled gimmick...
...year is 1995. Vanilla Ice is nothing more than a pop culture joke, Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. are alive, and an intensifying “East Coast/West Coast” rivalry is sending hip-hop albums to the top of the charts. In other words, it’s not quite the right moment for a random white guy from the Midwest to embark on the path to rap superstardom...
...lead off the edge of the page to a tab on a different page. You turn to the tab and continue the story until it leads to another tab. Often you choose between multiple tabs, as at the very beginning when the main character decides on a chocolate or vanilla ice cream cone. While vanilla quickly ends with a trip home, chocolate leads to a series of events that may include time-travel, immortality or the death of every human in the universe...
...Pure semi-sweet chocolate whisked over the double burner with 14 percent vanilla extract,” he says with obvious pride. I’m handed a white plastic tasting spoon and instructed to take a scoop. It’s reminiscent of a chilled cup of Burdick’s cocoa, without the stomach-sinking consistency...
...crème brulée ($6.95), however, should win over even the harshest of critics. A delicate custard, with telltale black traces of vanilla bean, emerges after one cracks the hard, caramelized surface and is served with sweet, swollen blueberries. The dish is top-notch—matching up with the best in Paris, let alone Boston—and would further excel when paired with one of the selection of ports that Grafton offers...