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| - a rainy day in Montreal - rare for early summer weather... my friend and i wander around St Denis trying to pass some time before meeting friends.
Suite 88 looks like an expensive jewerly shop - minimalistic decor but simly elegant. things are behind glass cases on display, very chic.
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we ordered a chocolat chaud and a chocolat froid - hot and warm chocolate. sat down by the window to watch the passer bys.
a minute later, we were FLOATING in the luxurious decadent taste of hot chocolate. buttery and smooth, it was the absolute PERFECTION of a hot chocolate. trying to describe it here would be an insult, for how can one ever capture the essence of beauty with mere words?
words fail me, but the imagery is real. both my friend and i seperately claim this was the absolute BEST hot chocolate we've ever had. in our lives. and to this day it remains so (I've tried many, including Christopher Elbow in SF, but none came close).
the cold chocolate was ok. good but not memorable. we fought over the last delicious sip of the hot chocolate, and know that this moment is engraved forever in our taste buds' memories. art.
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on another visit, i bought a belgium waffle here. (no one i've met yet in the bay area knows what these are that i am talking about...) this is not your breakfast-waffle. It is a denser smaller version of waffle dough, glazed all over with sugar syrup so it is sticky to touch. they place these waffles in little wax envelopes, so you hold the hot little waffle freshly baked in your hands and munch as you walk.
my friend protested so - 'oh i'm not hungry, i don't want any of it AT ALL'
i forced a bite-size chunk at him and made him TASTE it.
of course, this turns into an arm wrestling match because now he was fighting with me for the rest of the waffle... warm, rich, gooey, sugary goodness... I have yet to find anywhere that serves this in the bay area, but i have not stopped hoping..
5 stars for AMAZING hot chocolate and fantastic belgium waffles. the chocolates are good too.
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