Category Archives: Chocolate

Burdick’s chocolate mouse

Posted on August 21, 2012 by dressmaker

Sweet outside and inside – Burdick’s chocolate mouse is exactly that. I chose the dark chocolate one and also bought the lemon pepper truffle at their Boston branch. The little thing had ears made from chopped almonds and was filled … Continue reading →

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Vosges Haut Chocolat

Posted on August 20, 2012 by dressmaker

My first experience with chocolat in the US was not a positive one. I remember I bought a nice looking old style box from Whitman’s at Walmart. Well, the content of that box was everything but not chocolate. The so … Continue reading →

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Der Wiener Schokoladekönig Leschanz

Posted on April 7, 2011 by dressmaker

Kürzlich hatte ich bei einem kleinen Wien Aufenthalt erneut das Vergnügen, beim Wiener Schokoladekönig Leschanz vorbei zuschauen. Das Verkaufslokal befindet sich in der Freisingergasse 1 und ist rundum nostalgisch: Von der Fassade bis zu Einrichtung. Es erwartet einen eine U-förmige … Continue reading →

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Bitter & Zart

Posted on February 7, 2011 by dressmaker

Am Wochenende hat mich mein Weg in Frankfurt ganz unverhofft zu Bitter & Zart geführt, eine Chocolaterie in der Domstr.4. Die Auswahl war natürlich unwiderstehlich und es deshalb auch unmöglich nicht ein paar süße Kleinigkeiten zu kaufen. Wer noch jemanden … Continue reading →

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Red chocolate

Posted on March 30, 2010 by dressmaker

I have nothing written about chocolate for a while but this kind is really worth showing: the Erdbeere (strawberry) chocolate by Zotter from the Labooko Single series. The colour and taste of this chocolate is real strawberry – no artifical … Continue reading →

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Chocolove: chocolate with a love letter

Posted on August 1, 2009 by dressmaker

Buying chocolate in the USA is often a more sugary than a real chocolate experience. But the chocolate I found in a small supermarket in New York was really good concerning taste and consistency.  It was a 70% chocolate bar … Continue reading →

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Die Schokogalerie

Posted on May 18, 2009 by dressmaker

Noch eine Entdeckung aus Berlin: Die Schokogalerie, ein kleiner aber sehr feiner Laden in der Großen Hamburgerstr. 35 (Nähe Hackesche Höfe, Berlin Mitte). Sehr stilvolles Mobiliar und eine hervorragende Schokoladenauswahl, natürlich mit den üblichen Verdächtigen wie Domori, Dolfin oder Zotter. … Continue reading →

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