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| - For those of you that avoid Tremont because you always get lost - get a friggin' GPS, you simply must go. It's a chocoholic's playground that will satisfy the sexually deprived and surely turn even the most macho-est of men into mush. I've seen it happen.
Lilly is located in a lovely little blue house at the corner of Starkweather and Professor. Like the gingerbread house from Hansel & Gretel, it's warm and inviting, the windows glowing with sparkly pink decor and swirly hand-made signs. Inside, the walls are lined with beers and wines from all over the world, gift boxes, champagnes, and splendid employees. Yes, "splendid" is the perfect word to describe them: sugar-high smiles, pink or purple hair, and trilling "hellooooooo" upon your arrival. They're either angels or devils, I haven't decided.
Each morsel is a work of art, decorated with colorful stripes or flowers (like those trippy hippy candles) and affectionately named things like "The Southern Gentleman," "Boozie Suzie," or "Forty Winks." How do they get the patterns onto the pieces? I was told they have elves in the back.
My favorite treat is the "After Midnite" - It's a vegan truffle, made dairy free by blending bitter stout with the darkest of chocolates, then rolled in cocoa. Yes, rich soft balls that have made even the most modest of my family members exclaim, "This is better than sex!" All of the vegan chocolates are made with booze instead of milk, enhancing the flavor like a punch to the face, followed by a sweet little wake up kiss.
Here's the bad news - a box of six chocolates is eleven bones. It's outrageous. It's shocking. It's so freaking delicious, you'll be willing to give up a few meals a week to afford it. Six pieces of chocolates becomes an event - so expensive, you're forced to savor; so complex, each bite is an experience. Black lava sea salt, hints of lavender, cayenne pepper - even bacon. It's like wine tasting - but sweeter. And don't even get me started on the drinking chocolate - forget that standard watery hot chocolate we're all used to - this is different. A heavy, thick, melted concoction of gourmet chocolates and spice that requires slurping and will leave you in a happy coma.
It's like Spring Break for your taste buds: you'll probably spend too much money, but it tastes so good to be bad. And you'd do it again in a second.
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