GENMAI BAR Tea and Chocolate This is the first chocolate bar created in our line and continues to be the most popular. When I first started the company, my mind with clouded with ingredients that I could blend with chocolate. I had no focus. So I went down to my local neighborhood Asian market and slowly walked down every aisle until I spotted a bag on Genmai–roasted brown rice. I little lightbulb flashed above my head. “Genmai (roasted brown rice) Cha (tea) and chocolate

Orient Espresso Bar Showing some Hospitality Here’s the second of my posts that describes how chocolate and culture come together. The Orient Espresso bar is scented with my favorite spice-cardamom. It’s mouthfeel is extremely smooth and creamy with strong caramel notes but still high in cacao. Country of Inspiration: Vietnam and Turkey Turkish and Vietnamese coffee are the inspirations for this bar. Vietnamese coffee is extremely sweet with heaps of condensed milk added

Mahal Bar Sharing love through chocolate Here’s the first of my posts that describes how chocolate and culture have come together. The Mahal Bar, just in time for Valentine’s Day, is light, floral and full of delicious chocolate. Country of Inspiration: Philippines Meaning of Name: In the Tagalog language of the Philippines, there are two meanings to the word mahal. Most people initially associate it meaning ‘expensive’. But in this context, mahal means ‘love’. ‘Mahal Kit

My College Days I tend to do things in pairs. In college, I majored in Environmental Design but had a strong interest and love for culture and social issues. So I took plenty of classes in African-American, Native American, Asian Art History and so on. In fact, my senior architectural project reflected my dual interests as I chose to do my project on the Sunnydale Housing Development, the largest inner city community in San Francisco. My project certainly was just more th