{"id":1493,"date":"2014-05-25T10:20:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T15:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snapshotchronicles.com\/roadtrip\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2014-05-25T10:20:35","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T15:20:35","slug":"walking-tours-south-beach-and-soho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snapshotchronicles.com\/roadtrip\/2014\/05\/25\/walking-tours-south-beach-and-soho\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking Tours: South Beach and SOHO"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0Walking tours are a great, mostly guilt-free way to get a flavor of a place and\u00a0its food. Two weeks ago, during BlogHer Food, my colleague Carmen and I took our lunch break on a walking tour of South Beach, and yesterday Douglas and I experienced some of the best chocolate New York’s SOHO neighborhood has to offer.<\/p>\n

Here’s the report!<\/p>\n

Food Tours of Miami <\/a>\u00a0Four stops. We started with gelato at the meeting point, and then moved to a Haitian restaurant, Tap Tap<\/a>, followed by a walk down the “main drag” of \u00a0South Beach and some excellent examples of Art Deco architecture, a brief stop at a caf\u00e9, and then the pi\u00e8ce de la resistance, French bistro Otentic<\/a>. The first three stops were truly\u00a0tastings, but\u00a0the final stop was more robust, with 3 courses: a charcuterie plate<\/a>, a very tasty quiche<\/a> and desserts<\/a>. No one left hungry!<\/p>\n

A\u00a0highlight of Tap Tap was the\u00a0wall murals<\/a> throughout the restaurant. Unfortunately, WordPress is not cooperating with me this morning and I cannot get any of these\u00a0photos to upload properly, so you’ll have to trust me. If you are in the area, check it out for yourself.<\/p>\n

Important:<\/strong> if you have any dietary restrictions, including if you do not drink alcoholic beverages, make sure you let them know in advance. At Tap Tap, one of the tastings was a Mojito, and they weren’t prepared for as many non-drinkers as were on our tour, so a few of us missed out. No big deal really, but easily fixed if you let them know in advance.<\/p>\n

Chocolate Walking Tour of New York<\/a>. Also four stops. We started with iced Aztec chocolate and a signature ganache at MarieBelle <\/a>on Broome Street.<\/p>\n

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Marie Belle<\/p><\/div>\n

Stop number two,\u00a0Vosges<\/a>,\u00a0featured a Naga Truffle — chocolate, curry and coconut, which was amazingly tasty. We purchased\u00a0a sampling of small size bars,<\/a> including bacon, and my favorite, chocolate and chili peppers!<\/p>\n

Next up was Kee’s <\/a>on Thompson Street, where the included sample was a to-die-for Cr\u00e8me Br\u00fbl\u00e9e chocolate. Douglas also tried one of their Blueberry macaroons and I had a Sesame Chili Chocolate.<\/p>\n

We wrapped up at\u00a0Jacques Torres<\/a> on Hudson at King Street<\/a>, where we\u00a0could choose our own flavor of bon bon, and also sampled hot chocolate and their signature chocolate chip\u00a0cookies. I continued my search for the best combination of spice and chocolate with Wicked Fun:<\/p>\n

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Jacques Torres Wicked Fun bon bon<\/p><\/div>\n

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Douglas went for a raspberry-filled one, and it was so good, he purchased an additional three to snack on!<\/p>\n

I found both tours through Groupon, and the prices we paid were\u00a0between 1\/3 to 1\/2 of\u00a0the advertised price, so I highly recommend checking out the various deal sites and apps \u00a0(Groupon, Living Social, Amazon, Viator) before booking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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