Clients | Press | Testimonials
  • About Us
  • Services
  • Please The Palate

  • Wrtiting
  • Events
BLOG

  • Wine

  • Cocktails

  • Food

  • Lifestyle

  • Travel

Category: Food

Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Little Damage Charcoal Ice Cream

Written by Allison Levine on March 31, 2018
Food

I love ice cream and never need an excuse to eat it. But, when there are added health benefits, it becomes that much easier to justify. That is why the Little Damage Charcoal Ice Cream is the Please The Palate pick of the week.

Little Damage Ice Cream Shop is a family-owned shop in downtown Los Angeles that makes local, fresh, organic soft serve ice cream. The ice cream is made daily in small batches and there are four flavors offered at a time. What makes Little Damage unique are the colors and flavors, including the turquoise blue “Unicorn Tears” and the black “Almond Charcoal”, “Black Roses”, “Black Thai Tea” and “Upside Down” flavors.

The black ice creams get their color from activated charcoal and the signature hand-rolled black cones are also naturally colored with activated charcoal. Activated charcoal is a fine black powder made from bone char, coconut shells, peat, petroleum coke, coal, olive pits or sawdust and it has a variety of proposed benefits, ranging from lowering cholesterol to whitening teeth and curing hangovers. 

So, while the soft serve ice cream is creamy and tasty, and not too sweet, the fact that it has health benefits makes it all the more enjoyable and that is why it is the Please The Palate pick of the week.

Little Damage
700 S. Spring St.
Downtown LA

Tagged charcoal ice cream, downtown LA, food, Ice Cream, Little Damage Charcoal Ice Cream, Little Damage Ice Cream Shop, pick of the week, Please The Palate, soft serve ice cream

NoMad Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles

Written by Allison Levine on March 29, 2018
Lifestyle Food

Located on the corner of Olive and 7th street in downtown LA, the 1923 neoclassical neutral-colored building is rather nondescript from the outside.

But inside is another world. The NoMad Hotel has transformed the one-time Bank of Italy building into warm opulent space with dark jewel-toned velvet everywhere. The towering lobby can be entered through the doors on 7th Street. The space is broken into several areas, including a bar, a library and the casual Lobby Restaurant. Overlooking the lobby is the Mezzanine Restaurant, the more formal dining option.

Read More +

Tagged downtown LA, food, NoMad, NoMad LA, NoMad Lobby, restaurant

Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Little Fluffy Head Cheese Tea

Written by Allison Levine on March 24, 2018
Food

Cheese tea? Yes, I wrote that correctly and you read it correctly. Little Fluffy Head is a tea shop located in downtown Los Angeles and they specialize in cheese tea and it is the Please The Palate pick of the week.

It really is hard to image cheese and tea being mixed together. But, the trend was started in China and is popular throughout Asia. While it was questioned by many at first, apparently people line up for hours to get a cup of cheese tea in Asia. In the fall of 2017, Little Fluffy Head was opened by owner Jenny Zheng in downtown LA to offer cheese tea to Los Angelenos.

So, what is cheese tea? You may be thinking of a chunk of cheese placed in a cup of tea, at least that is what I had first envisioned. In fact, cheese tea consists of a thick layer of creamy cheese foam that is sweet and salty, paired with a refreshing sweet tea. Read More +

Tagged Cheese tea, Little Fluffy Head, pick of the week, Please The Palate, tea
+ Older Posts
Newer Posts +

About Please the Palate

Please the Palate is a boutique firm specializing in marketing, event planning and writing for the wine and spirits industry.

Recent Posts

  • Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Back to Burgundy
  • Getting to know Santiago, Chile Through a Food Tour with FoodyChile
  • Hop On, A Dry-Hopped Sauvignon Blanc
  • Please The Palate Pick of the Week: Champagne Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé
  • Southwestern Flavor at Panxa Cocina in Long Beach

Archives

  • ►2018 (49)
    • ►April (9)
    • ►March (15)
    • ►February (12)
    • ►January (13)
  • ►2017 (165)
    • ►December (14)
    • ►November (14)
    • ►October (16)
    • ►September (17)
    • ►August (14)
    • ►July (13)
    • ►June (13)
    • ►May (15)
    • ►April (15)
    • ►March (13)
    • ►February (11)
    • ►January (10)
  • ►2016 (156)
    • ►December (13)
    • ►November (13)
    • ►October (13)
    • ►September (13)
    • ►August (14)
    • ►July (13)
    • ►June (14)
    • ►May (9)
    • ►April (9)
    • ►March (13)
    • ►February (14)
    • ►January (18)
  • ►2015 (165)
    • ►December (19)
    • ►November (18)
    • ►October (13)
    • ►September (13)
    • ►August (15)
    • ►July (8)
    • ►June (12)
    • ►May (11)
    • ►April (16)
    • ►March (13)
    • ►February (13)
    • ►January (14)
  • ►2014 (164)
    • ►December (15)
    • ►November (13)
    • ►October (10)
    • ►September (19)
    • ►August (13)
    • ►July (16)
    • ►June (9)
    • ►May (10)
    • ►April (21)
    • ►March (15)
    • ►February (14)
    • ►January (9)
  • ►2013 (114)
    • ►December (7)
    • ►November (13)
    • ►October (9)
    • ►September (6)
    • ►August (31)
    • ►July (9)
    • ►June (8)
    • ►May (6)
    • ►April (6)
    • ►March (4)
    • ►February (7)
    • ►January (8)
  • ►2012 (67)
    • ►December (7)
    • ►November (7)
    • ►October (5)
    • ►September (5)
    • ►August (5)
    • ►July (8)
    • ►June (2)
    • ►May (6)
    • ►April (8)
    • ►March (6)
    • ►February (5)
    • ►January (3)
  • ►2011 (9)
    • ►December (4)
    • ►November (5)

Tags

Brunch California Winery Advisor Cocktails downtown LA DrinkWire food Foodable FoodableTV France Greece Hollywood Italian Wine Italy lifestyle Liquor.com Los Angeles Maude Napa Valley Register New Orleans newsletter New Zealand Paso Robles pick of the week Pinot Noir Please The Palate restaurant San Francisco Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Wine Country Santa Monica Santa Ynez seasonal ingredients Sonoma spirits Studio City Tales of the Cocktail tasting menu Travel West Hollywood Wine wine country winemaker wine pairing wine tasting Wine Tourist Magazine
© 2017 Please the Palate. All Rights Reserved. | Contact Us
Follow Us
Twitter Facebook
| Sign Up for Updates