My question to you: what's the best chocolate you've ever had?
Mine would have to be these orgasmic morsels of delight from Puccini Bomboni in Amsterdam when I visited there last year. I've had some good chocolate in my time, but nothing prepared me for this!
I'm sure you can imagine from this photo how utterly heavenly the shop smelled.
I only tried two things from here - yes, I too am amazed at my restraint - one on each day! The first one I tried was the calvados, and then I had the cinnamon. Oh my. My tongue is quivering right now from the memory of it.
It's funny, when the chocolate is of this sterling quality, you don't want to be a pig about it and absolutely gorge. You want to savour every single skerrick. And one delicious, rich mouthful is just about all you need. Unlike something like, I don't know, Roses, where yes they're nice, but they are sweet rather than decadent. And I know decadent is what I'd go for any day! I would rather treat myself to the very best occasionally, rather than have cheaper, lower-quality stuff three or four times a week!
Unfortunately, Puccini Bomboni don't have a shop in London :( So to quelch my chocolate cravings on a less extravagant basis, I tend to go for this:
I also love Green & Black's Maya Gold. It reminds me of when I first moved to London and I had a little bar on my writing desk, and would break off a chunk when I'd written a page (it was my incentive!).This Easter, my mother has sent over the one chocolate I miss most from home:
Me with another block Mum sent over in Paris last year!Seeing it cost $25AUD (ouch! Sorry Mum!) to send two blocks of it over here, I will ration it very slowly! The Christmas Top Deck only ran out last week! How restrained am I?! :P
Overall, I think chocolate is wonderful. A life without it is not worth thinking about! Like everything in life, get the best you can afford and enjoy it.
I hope you all have a lovely Easter, with just the right amount of decadence.
Best ever has to be fresh Belgian chocolate, especially truffles, from Bruges. So rich and smooth - they make ordinary UK choccies such as Quality Street look rather stupid...
ReplyDeleteNow I feel like Top Deck! It's funny, no matter how decadent and delicious chocolate can be, I always go back to good old Cadbury. Happy Easter sweety! x
ReplyDeleteI've discovered a brand called Cocoa Farm - think they are Australian. Awesome. They also do an orange flavoured chocolate at Darrell Lea that I love.
ReplyDeleteI'm defo with you on the 'little bit of something amazing' every once in a while rather than cheap and nasty rubbish. Just come back from Rome - OMG the chocolate over there!! But it's soo much richer than the sugary stuff you get here you only need a piece or two to fulfill that ever so needy chocolate craving. I'm also a massive fan of Lindt Lindor but they're super fatty, but super delicious.
ReplyDeleteWow, now that's expensive top deck...what a sweet mum you have! Have a lovely Easter! x
ReplyDeletei'm pretty easy when it comes to chocolate and agree with mary, good ol' cadbury's does the trick ;) A twirl bar, yum.
ReplyDeleteBut if I'm feeling decadent, bring on Lindt. Speaking of which.. have you tried the lindt cafe? OUCH it's so so tasty!
And anything from Haighs, YUM xxx
happy easter darl x
I wish my mum sent me useful things..
ReplyDeletebut for a block to last 3 months... that's impressive!
I've become a fan of Lindt since moving over here, Cadbury's just not the same
I agree Ali - hence why I get my Cadbury's shipped over from Australia!! :P
ReplyDeleteHi Phil, I just got back from Oz with 250g of Top Deck and Gareth reckons I will crack and it'll be gone by Sunday night but I remembered you wrote recently that you only just finished a block you had at CHRISTMAS so I am DETERMINED to make the bastard last and last... stay tuned :P
ReplyDeleteOh hang on... you mentioned Top Deck in this post too! Or did I actually read this post last week? Holy groundhog day Batman.
ReplyDeleteDid you ever get to try the top deck that was a triple deck with mint on top of the white? sounds gross but IT RULED!
Yeah I did - I'm a huge fan of chocolate mint anything! It did rule, but not as much as MINT CHIP!! I still miss that :)
ReplyDeleteHehe :) I saw a Mint Feast at our wee corner shop last night and remembered your Feast As Gaytime Substitute recommendation... gonna have to give it a go!
ReplyDeleteMint Feasts ROCK! :)
ReplyDeleteThe best chocolate I have ever had is probably an English Cadbury Dairy Milk Fruit n Nut. That said I love Galaxy Caramels and anything Lindt as well!
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