Appropriately located in Beverly Hills, the modern decor is stark white and minimalist - my kind of place.
Blanc offers four flavors everyday, at least half of which would be 100% organic, and none of which uses high fructose corn syrup. The owner and founder, Leo Leonard, personally works on the recipes with the dairy factory who makes them in small batches.
You can find the usual fruit topping suspects (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, mangoes) except that everything is organic and looks fresher and plumper than anything I've seen at Pinkberry or Yogurtland recently. They don't even peel and cut the bananas until you order them here.
On the not-so-expected side: black mission figs! And juicy amarena cherries (these are amazing with the vanilla) along with chocolate-dipped truffle-stuffed figs, Rabitos. Not into fruits? Top your creme brulee yogurt with Valrhona chocolate pearls, truffles imported from Spain, or organic carrot cake made by a local baker.
Some of the rotating flavors you can find here include creme brulee, chai tea latte, organic peach passionfruit, and of course organic vanilla and some sort of chocolate. There's no tart flavor in their vanilla, unlike Pinkberry's plain, because apparently that tartness comes from the addition of citric acid. If you want tart, get the peach passionfruit.
In about a month or so they will be rolling out the "crepe flute". Forget waffle cones, this crepe flute is crisp and more delicately crumbly than thick waffle cones. It complements the vanilla yogurt very very well.
The prices here are a little more expensive than, say, Yogurtland, where the small yogurt is $4 and each topping is $0.40 but the higher quality of the yogurt and especially the toppings shows, and is worth it.Blanc Haute Yogurt
9465 Charleville Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 281-2633
www.blancbh.com
Disclosure: This was a free tasting hosted by Blanc.
Ooh, I will send my husband here. It's close to where he works!
ReplyDeleteCool! I was supposed to go here for the opening but was already leaving. Looks like James Bondish yogo.
ReplyDeleteCertainly sounds like an upgraded version of froyo...just when I thought this trend was receding a bit! I'd want to try this though. Those toppings sound very temping!
ReplyDeleteI am head over heels for figs... you think buying the fig toppings there would be cheaper than buying them from, say Wholefoods? :P
ReplyDeleteI guess frozen yogurt should have its last stand in beverly hills. i probably would've gone here if i still worked in BH. maybe if i drive by...which is rare these days. definitely looks good though
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