http://theeatenpath.com/index.php/2010/04/13/mast-bros-chocolate-williamsburg-brooklyn-ny-fresh-tasting/ The Story of a Meal Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:28:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://theeatenpath.com/index.php/2010/04/13/mast-bros-chocolate-williamsburg-brooklyn-ny-fresh-tasting/#comment-9534 wasabi prime Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:58:37 +0000 http://theeatenpath.com/index.php/?p=6630#comment-9534 Agreed on the intensity of good chocolate; it hits you hard at first and then after a few moments, the high subsides and then you're craving more. Hm... I'm guessing illcit drugs are somewhat like that... Your hipster comments made me laugh; was talking about the same thing in terms of Seattle, which is awash with hipster foodies who invade older, but character-filled neighborhoods with businesses offering specialty products that most likely the original neighborhood dwellers would not purchase. Not that it's a bad thing, but I call a spade a spade; whatever gets the economy going. On the downside, you find hipster-focused companies spending money on idiosyncratic things that don't really add towards the quality of the product they're making, and the cost just gets passed on to the consumer and hidden as the invisible artisanal sweet nothings, but the upswing is of course that there are many more businesses that are independent, intellectual idealists who really put their heart and soul into a product and make something that was once everyday and taken for granted, into something truly special. Agreed on the intensity of good chocolate; it hits you hard at first and then after a few moments, the high subsides and then you’re craving more. Hm… I’m guessing illcit drugs are somewhat like that… Your hipster comments made me laugh; was talking about the same thing in terms of Seattle, which is awash with hipster foodies who invade older, but character-filled neighborhoods with businesses offering specialty products that most likely the original neighborhood dwellers would not purchase. Not that it’s a bad thing, but I call a spade a spade; whatever gets the economy going. On the downside, you find hipster-focused companies spending money on idiosyncratic things that don’t really add towards the quality of the product they’re making, and the cost just gets passed on to the consumer and hidden as the invisible artisanal sweet nothings, but the upswing is of course that there are many more businesses that are independent, intellectual idealists who really put their heart and soul into a product and make something that was once everyday and taken for granted, into something truly special.

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