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| - These are some of the most godawful chocolates I have ever eaten. Intrigued after a meal next door at Muramoto, I stopped in and got a sampler box of nearly every variety. I started with all the dark chocolates, and added in as many milks as would fit. The box was gorgeous, and the truffles were pretty, but I was so disappointed when I tried them. Many of the "flavors" didn't have much of a taste. Even the plain bittersweet chocolate was disappointing--there was no substance or complexity at all. My suspician is that they're pure forastero, which is great for grocery store chocolate, but not exciting enough on its own when you're looking for a chocolate to savor.
If I had to pick a least favorite truffle, I'd say the worst one was the Szechuan truffle, which was like a Hershey's Dark bar sprinkled with black pepper. Gross. So poorly composed.
Vosges Haut Chocolats in Chicago, mass and mediocre as they are, roundly beats DB on taste and quality. If you want "exotic" chocolate, Katrina Markoff was one of the progenitors of the "chocolate + spices" movement. A $7 Vosges bar or sampler box is a more certain crowd pleaser than David Bacco.
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