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What a lovely place to stop, rest and indulge while wandering through a patch of the not so densely populated Distillery area. Stepping inside here immediately brought back memories of the Jacques Torres experience - good thing you can read about here http://www.yelp.com/biz/jacques-torres-chocolate-haven-new-york#hrid:yCulxDCxdqJuEbEWQEbN5g. Damn cold outside, walk in and blam! Chocolate factory with awesome truffles specialty drink menu, that's what I'm talking about.
I picked five truffles to gobble up: mayan, douglas fir, balsamic vinegar, bergamot, and olive oil. Washed them down with a bicerin and mayan hot chocolate. My truffles in order of fave to ok: bergamot, douglas fir, balsamic, mayan, olive oil. Bergamot is tea-like (black tea like earl grey) and delicious! I bought a box of ten to take home. Douglas fir is the most unique, actually tastes like a tree smells, very good if you like that sort of thing (I enjoyed it). Balsamic is a little tangy, appropriately, and was the hubsters fave. Mayan could have been stronger for sure, and olive oil just got lost in the chocolate.
Drinks: I never had a Bicerin before, and I liked this a lot! This is an espresso and chocolate combo, different than a mocha. Mayan/spicy hot chocolate thing, while very hyped up, is not all that amazing. If this is the very first time you have spicy hot chocolate, ok I get it. But if you have it elsewhere, say Jacques Torres, you will be disappointed. I got mine with milk, which is the same as how J.T. makes it, but this one was surprisingly watery and not strong at all. I imagine you have to get it straight as a shot (they also sell it this way) to get the full effect, but then it's all gone too fast!
Truffles were around $2 a pop an drinks were maybe $3.75 or something, I don't remember exactly but that's the neighborhood.
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