in North Beach ... and anyone looking for this type of candy for a good price should stop by there, but you won’t find most of this stuff at Z Cioccolato. http://www.chowhound.com/topics/23535 I thought it was at least the...

was excellent. We continued on up into Hayes Valley proper to peek into Absinthe (398 Hayes) and drool at the sweet wares on offer in Miette Confiserie (449 Octavia Boulevard), which is a really gorgeous store. Our best find was...

They could just hop on Muni Metro at Civic Center and get off on Van Ness?, leaving a short walk to Zuni. I recently walked from that stop to Miette Confiserie in Hayes Valley (passing Zuni) and it was easier than I thought it...

. The caramels I’ve tried are delicious. Five star is essentially the same as XOX (former employee). I’ve seen Blanxart bars somewhere recently—maybe Miette Confisserie, or Chocolate Covered in Noe Valley.

A couple of SF locations that have a small, but well-chosen selection of obscure candy bars are Citizen Cupcake (atop the Virgin Megastore) and Miette Confiserie on Octavia Blvd. Citizen Cupcake at 4th & Market has a handful of...

and green salad with duck leg at Ad Hoc in Yountville -White grapefruit gummi candies from Miette Confiserie in San Francisco -Carmelized cabbage at China Village in Albany -Candied ’s comb with rice pudding at Incanto’s...