I went to "Chocolate Gecko(http://chocolategecko.com/)". The inside of the shop is clean and gorgeous. There are many kinds of chocolate and it is difficult to decide which one I will buy. Most of the chocolates were made by the owner of this shop and she is really friendly. We can try some chocolates which we are interested in. I bought "Truffle box", "Dark chocolate raisins" and 4 different pieces. In the truffle box, there are 9 different truffles and we can enjoy different flavors. Dark chocolate raisins are raisin coated in dark chocolate. I love them. As for the 4 different pieces, frog shape one is papaya-lemon chili chocolate, mice shape is filled with mint truffle ganache. Pyramid shape is filled with caramel and butterfly shape is maple syrup caramel. I have not eaten all them yet but I ate some of them. These chocolates are very smooth and unique. I become big fun of this shop!
Some of my friends and I did "Mochitsuki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochi)" today. "Mochitsuki" is a traditional rice cake-pounding ceremony in New Years day in Japan. But it is rare to see this ceremony even if we are in Japan. One of our friends have tools of ceremony and we landed them. Children tried to make rice cake. After that, adults dipped these rice cakes with many kinds of flavors, such as red bean paste, soy flour with sugar, green soy bean paste and sesame with sugar. All of them were very tasty and children had a hearty appetite. Also, I ate too much. 
"The Melting Pot(http://www.meltingpot.com/locations.aspx?z=12205&n=311695)" is a Fondue Restaurant in Crossgates Mall. My husband and I went there on Saturday lunch. This restaurant opens dinner time from Monday to Friday, and lunch and dinner time on Saturday and Sunday. We ate "Entrees for Two($59.00)". We could select salad, entree and fondue. In salad, I ate "House" and my husband ate "Caesar". The dressing of house Salad was little sweet and the quality of vegetables were really good. In entree, we ordered "Coq au Vin", which is hot pot contained wine and spices. We boiled beef, chicken, salmon and so on. The taste of the soup were extremely good and it was amazing.
Last, we could choose "Chocolate Fondue" or "Cheese Fondue". We selected Chocolate one. We could dip bitter chocolate with strawberry, banana, marshmallow, cheese cake.... I was in a dream!! They all were delicious and I wanted eat more! Actually, price is high in this restaurant but they serve more than a price. I want to try another fondue!
