Future Fro-yo Shop Pictures: Yum Chocolates and Frozen Yogurt

Fro-yo girl here. I found this opening soon sign in downtown Mill Valley, next to US Bank (very close to Depot Bookstore). I couldn't look inside because the windows are papered over and I haven't found anything about Yum Chocolates and Frozen Yogurt online. It's a large enough space for self-serve. Lollipop, Lyla's Chocolates and Frosting closed, so I'm not sure where people in Mill Valley go for candy and cupcakes.

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

* YUM CHOCOLATES AND FROZEN YOGURT: 763 E. Blithedale Ave., Mill Valley, CA

Tarami Fruit Market: Japanese Yogurt Review

Fro-yo girl here. I spotted Japanese yogurt while shopping at Nijiya Market in San Francisco. Of course I had to try it. The yogurt comes in clear cups and it's made by Tarami Fruit Market. They're $1.79 each.

* Nata de coco yogurt dessert: To my surprise, this dessert is a yogurt jelly...it's fairly firm like soft tofu with a mild, milky, sweet flavor. There are large cubes of nata de coco. The nata de coco is firm and chewy. It doesn't taste like coconut though it's made of fermented coconut water and carrageenan. I enjoyed the contrasting textures and the mild, delicate flavors. The next time I see nata de coco at a fro-yo shop, I'm going to get some for my fro-yo.

They also had aloe in yogurt jelly and fruit in yogurt jelly.

4 out of 5 stars

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

Your Votes Are In: Favorite Fro-yo Toppings

Fro-yo girl here. Thank you to the 120 people who voted for your favorite type/category of fro-yo topping. Voters could only choose one of the following: candy, cereal, cookies, fresh fruit, mochi, nuts and sauce. I personally really, really wanted mochi to win...but the people have spoken and my second choice, fresh fruit, was the victor with 45% of the votes. Mochi came in third with 17% of the vote.

Surprisingly, candy came in second with 29% of the vote. An earlier poll revealed that 75% of my readers/voters eat mostly tart fro-yo. Do they add candy on their tart fro-yo? I never do. I thought cereal (1%) and cookies (2%) would do much better.

I usually get fresh fruit and mochi toppings. It's painful for me to eat a cup of fro-yo without mochi, just like I find it painful to swirl my own fro-yo and add my own toppings. The nice thing about fro-yo is that people have their own personal favorite combinations.

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

Nubi SF Potrero Center Grand Opening Coverage

Fro-yo girl here. I met up with some fro-yo friends today and made it to Nubi a few minutes before it opened. There was a short line and a sign in the window about the grand opening. We shuffled in at 11 AM and swirled our fro-yo. It's 50% off all day. The celebration was low key. They didn't have balloons (like they did for their other grand opening events).



I heard they planned on having music and prizes but it was unclear when that would start. I did get a coupon for 50% off my next up at that location, expiration date 5/31/2010, and the free Nubi t-shirt (the same one that they gave away at the San Leandro grand opening). The fro-yo was very thick and firm and the mochi balls were nice and chewy. The shirts arrived late (around 11:30 AM) and they seemed to have quite a few judging by the number and size of the boxes.

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

* NUBI YOGURT: 2300 16th St. Ste 215, San Francisco, CA

I Found the Fro-yo Charm That I Wanted

Fro-yo girl here. I had to go back to Kinokuniya to try my luck again...wanted that #7 fro-yo looking charm from the "I love strawberries" collection. Since it's in a plastic pouch instead of a cardboard box, I figured I could squeeze the package and judge what was inside. They didn't have that many left, so there was a chance that none of the packages had #7. I was worried I'd get scolded for feeling the packages for so long but no one said anything.

I bought one package and it had the #7 charm! Yay! It has a strong, horrible scent though - like gasoline. I thought it might smell like strawberries.

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl

I Didn't Get the Fro-yo Charm That I Wanted

Fro-yo girl here. Aren't Japanese miniature food charms just too cute? I spotted the new "I love Strawberries" series by RE-MENT at Kinokuniya featuring cake slices, cake rolls, ice cream, pudding, a pink donut and what looks like a fancy cup of fro-yo (Charm #7) with Strawberry Pocky, strawberry sauce, mini scoops of strawberry gelato (?) and strawberries. You can't choose the one you want since you can't see which one is inside the plastic pouch. There are 12 different charms. My cake slice (Charm #1) is cute and perhaps has a strawberry fro-yo filling. They were selling the charms for $3.35 each. You can see all of them on the RE-MENT site.

I found the cutest website, Strapya World, where you can buy miniature food charms and the ice cream cone ones look like fro-yo, though there is nothing that is labeled as fro-yo.

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl

Blush Walnut Creek Grand Opening Coverage

Fro-yo girl here. Blush Walnut Creek (Blush #5) had its grand opening today. The celebration started at 11 AM. The Blush employees were there in their Blush Walnut Creek t-shirts (I received one as well - thank you T & K!) I met family members and friends, including T & K's son, Nick, who looked every bit the young fro-yo entrepreneur. Too cute. The location is in the same shopping center as Whole Foods and I heard it's the new hang out spot for high school kids once school lets out (I envy them...having Blush fro-yo right after school sounds amazing).

They had hourly prize drawings till 3 PM. I didn't see any of the winners but I did see the prizes, including a Xbox, iPod Nano, Blush gift cards, iTunes gift cards, etc. I saw some kids walk off with the balloons and free samples distributed in front of Whole Foods.

The new location serves four organic fro-yo flavors a day and they swirl it for you (yay!) The menu is the same as the other Blush locations - and the fro-yo meets Blush's high standards. The spoons are made out of potatoes. Congratulations Blush! Love the new location - it's also very close to Broadway Plaza so it's the perfect spot to go to before or after shopping.

You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.

* BLUSH WALNUT CREEK: 1345 Newell Lane, Unit B, Walnut Creek, CA