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| - I consider myself a chocolate connoisseur. When I travel (abroad or at home in the states), I sample the local artisan chocolates everywhere I go. Specifically, I look for a chocolatier who makes fresh truffles, who knows how to do dark chocolate (it should never be bitter and should never be over-sweetened or over-powered with vanilla, and who is creative and careful with natural flavors.
After visiting 5 carefully selected chocolatiers in Montreal, this one was hands-down the best.
This spot is near Concordia University and gets high enough ratings on Yelp and other sites that I went out of my way to find it. Long story short, the chocolate truly IS divine. The dark chocolate is neither bitter nor over-sweetened. The flavors are delicate and natural. The rose water truffle had just the slightest hint of rose and other flavors (banana, pistachio, marzipan, etc.) were natural, obvious and yet not overpowering. This is one of the best chocolatiers I've ever visited. It's second only to the truffles I tried in Berlin last year at Confiserie Mélanie. I enjoyed Divine Chocolatier so much, that I went out of my way to make a second stop before leaving the city.
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