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We started selling our macarons at Paris in a Cup in Orange, CA about 2 weeks ago: http://blog.xtpatisserie.com/?p=135.  To attract more foot traffic and to promote our macarons, chef Xuan Ngo created a macaron tower and owner Cheryl at Paris in a Cup was willing to give up some prime real estate on the bay display window up front for our tower.  Thanks Cheryl !

XT Patisserie's Macaron Tower at Paris in a Cup in Display Window

 Here’s a closeup of the tower:

 

Closeup of Macaron Tower

A shot from inside the store:

Again, many thanks to Chery and Valerie at Paris in a Cup.  Please stop by and pick up a few boxes of our macarons!

  Paris In A Cup
  119 S Glassell St
  Orange CA 92866
  Phone (714) 538-9411
  http://www.parisinacup.com

This morning, chef Xuan Ngo and I were invited to the City of Placentia – State of the City Address by new mayor Joseph Aguirre at the Alta Vista Country Club in Placentia.  One would ask why were we invited to the State of the City address by the Mayor?  What the heck? 

Eventhough our commercial kitchen and business license is in the city of Fullerton, both Chef Xuan and I live in the city of Placentia.  Actually, we caught the Mayor and city officials’ attention from our participation in the LA Chocolate Salon in 10/09.  Apparently one of the attendees brought it up to the Mayor that there are Artisan Chocolatiers in his city !!!

Below is a picture of Chef Xuan and I with Mayor Joseph Aguirre. 

Chef Xuan Ngo, Mayor Joseph Aguirre and Tuan Trinh

Diane Cu and Todd Porter came to our commercial kitchen in Fullerton last week to do an article for the Nguoi Viet newspaper.  Todd took lots of pictures while Diane was doing the interviewing.  They stopped by while Chef Xuan was preparing some Saigon Cinnamon chocolates

Check out the article at http://www.nguoi-viet.com/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=108250&z=19

The article appeared in print on Thursday, Februray 11, 2010 and appeared online on 2/12.

Big thanks to Diane Cu, Todd Porter, and editor Anh Do for the article.

Chuc Mung Nam Moi (Happy New Year)

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For this Valentine’s Day, we are doing 3 types of chocolates:

• Caramel Vanilla Fleur de Sel in milk chocolate
• Passion fruit in white chocolate
• Vanilla in dark chocolates

All these chocolates are in beautiful heart shaped to impress your loved ones.  What will express your love louder than the hearts below.

For Valentine’s Day special, we are doing Free Shipping for orders of 3 boxes of either chocolates or macarons.

These heart-shaped chocolates are only for limited time, so please order them quickly at www.xtpatisserie.com/chocolates.  Because we are only currently selling these heart-shaped chocolates for Valentine’s Day, we have removed all of our regular 12 flavors from our site.  They will be back online after V-day.

We will ship starting the week of Monday 2/8/2010 up to Thursday 2/11.  Please remember that for delivery to greater OC and LA, shipping is next day.  Thus, for those procastinators living in OC and LA, you will have up till 2/11, 12 PM to place your orders !!!

The holidays are fast approaching …

We are running a promotion to help out the proscatinors out there who are still looking for last minute gifts.

We are offering free shipping to any, that’s right, any of the 48 continental states on orders of 3 or more boxes of macarons (www.xtpatisserie.com/macarons) or chocolates (www.xtpatisserie.com/chocolates).

Order now thru Sunday 12/20, and we will ship on Monday 12/21.  Orders shipping to greater OC and LA will arrive on Tuesday 12/22.  Orders to other western states will arrive on Wednesday 12/23.  Orders to further eastern states will ship by 3 day air, thus arriving on Thursday, 12/24.  For shipping schedules, please see www.xuanpatisserie.com/shipping.aspx.

Yay!!! XT Patisserie won 3 first places: http://www.tastetv.com/sf-lasalon_awards09.html

• Top Artisan Chocolatier
• Best Flavored Chocolate
• Most Gifted Chocolatier / Chocolate Maker

Overall, we collected 7 awards: 3 first, 2 second, and 2 third

For a first timer attending the event, it was quite impressive to place 3 first places !!!

Chef Xuan, I and our team would like to thank all those who supported us and especially the judges …  Thanks

As mentioned in my previous post, there were lots of foodies and bloggers at the LA Luxury Chocolate Salon.

XT Patisserie had lots of mention in blogs and newspaper article:

http://www.lasplash.com/publish/Los_Angeles_Restaurant_Reviews_123/Los_Angeles_Chocolate_Salon_Review.php
http://gastronomyblog.com/2009/10/11/los-angeles-luxury-chocolate-salon-top-10-tastes/
http://losangeles.grubstreet.com/2009/10/slideshow_what_you_missed_at_t.html
http://dianatakesabite.blogspot.com/2009/10/3rd-annual-chocolate-salon-and-dundie.html
http://insomniaceatsfoodmostlyplants.blogspot.com/2009/10/death-by-chocolate-la-chocolate-salon.html
http://ow.ly/15VQoj

There were also blogs on the event that did not mention XT Patisserie (boo !!!), but I will list them here anyways.  Why not?

http://eatsomethingsexy.com/blogs/amyreiley/2009/10/12/overload-judging-a-chocolate-competition
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2009/10/scenes-from-the-2009-la-luxury-chocolate-salon.html
http://ladychocolatier.net/blog/?p=510
http://teenageglutster.blogspot.com/2009/10/35-chocolatiers-later-la-chocolate.html
http://foodshethought.blogspot.com/2009/10/la-luxury-chocolate-salon-2009.html

I would like to thank all the bloggers who attended the event and blog about us.  Thanks a bunch !!!

Welcome to XT Patisserie.  We sell artisan chocolates and French pastries online and wholesale at www.xtpatisserie.com and www.xuanpatisserie.com