Chocolate for Valentine's Day
It’s already February 2nd, so hopefully you’re thinking about Valentine’s Day; where you’re going take your sweetheart for dinner and what gift you’re going to surprise him/her with! Don’t want to spend a lot of money you say? No problem, Valentine’s Day is not about money, it’s about love. So I suggest you create a fun and romantic night with your lover at home!
Pick up a bouquet of beautiful flowers (Trader Joe’s has a great selection from $5-$20), and a bottle of Asian food friendly white wine (a Gewurtztraminer, Kabinett Riesling or bottle of bubbly will work well). When you get home, get the fire going (if you’re lucky enough to have a fireplace in your home/apt), or set a bunch of candles aglow for a makeshift fire and put the flowers in a pretty vase on the coffee table. Then, order-in for Chinese take-out (I’m a fan of Square On Square and they deliver too), pull out the fancy chopsticks, and maybe even a few fancy plates for serving (I have this great set of funky Japanese-style sushi plates that work well) . Open your beverage of choice and pour into a pair of fancy glasses- yes this is the right time to break out the good stuff! Set the food on the coffee table and place two comfy pillows on the floor to serve as “chairs”. Take turns feeding each other, testing out your chopstick skills to see who is better at picking up the slippery Chow Mein noodles.
Finish dinner with a decadent, but appropriately themed dessert from Red Envelope.com: Chocolate Dipped Romantic Fortune Cookies ($29.99 for 7oz). I came across these little wonton-shaped goodies in the holiday colored, Valentine’s red take-out container and right away my mind began creating this whole romantic scenario, so I thought I’d share it. Each individually wrapped cookie comes dipped in either dark or milk chocolate and behold a different, romantically scripted saying such as: “Indulge your sweetheart with something unexpected”. Now that’s sweet! An evening like this would be exactly that: Romantic and Unexpected! Oh, and feel free to come up with your own ending….together 
Cheers!
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