Chocolate (2006-12-20)
Do you crave a certain food at times? My biggest craving is chocolate after eating Italian food. I don't know why that is, but pasta dishes often make me wanna have chocolate for dessert in a very bad way.
We had spaghetti one night and I so wanted a piece of chocolate
after dinner and of course there was none in the house. On the
following weekend KL and I went to Shibuya (
) and loaded up on
chocolate. I
chose brands that we have never had before, all imported, all dark
chocolate.
KL likes dark chocolate, so he enjoyed the lot. As for me,
very dark chocolate tends to leave a "tart" aftertaste in my
mouth. Milk chocolate is definitely too sweet for me, so
chocolate with a 50-60% cocoa content is what best suits my
palate. Those bars with a 75%
cocoa or
above are too intense for me.
Of the lot we ate, Valrohna was the smoothest and Cote d'Or
Sensations Noir Orange was the most more-ish. I just love
chocolate infused with an orange flavor.
However both left a sour taste in my mouth. Cafe Tasse Noir has
the best sweetness/bitterness balance for me (which means
more sweetness than bitterness) and no tart aftertaste, its texture is
pretty silky too. It is
the only one I'm certain I'll buy again. KL prefers truly dark
chocolate and finds Cafe Tasse too sweet, but since I'm THE BOSS when
it comes to food shopping, he'll just have to eat whatever I bring
home. Buwahahahaha!
Eat chocolate, be happy.
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