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| - It's hard not to like a place that sells beer, wine, and chocolate.
Unlike that old cougar who opened her "wine, beer, and cupcake bar" and is being pimped relentlessly by Chase Bank like she's the Savior of American Entrepreneurialism or something (why? because she found a gimmicky way to milk NYC-broker scum out of their Wall Street bonuses? That's a sad commentary about the end-game of capitalism), our Lilly knows that beer, wine, and chocolate are 3 things that actually can work well together, and she works on creating interesting pairings. (Meanwhile, her counterpart in NYC will likely using that precious Chase "Ink" card to hire people to clean up all that red-velvet vomit. I get ill just watching those commercials...)
Anyhow.....Lilly's is a cool, friendly chocolate boutique in Tremont. We rarely come to Tremont without paying a quick visit to the lady with the pink C.C. DeVille hair. In the evenings, they usually have a few wines or craft beers available to taste. The wine and beer selection is excellent, mixing some well-established winners with some less-known curiosities. It's a relaxing place to just hang out for 20 minutes, inhale a few gourmet chocolates, and parse the wine & beer inventory.
As for the chocolates, they are visually stunning and make really excellent gifts. They're beautifully imprinted with these colorful, intricate patterns, almost too pretty to eat. They manage to take the cliched, predictable gift of a box of chocolates and make it novel and creative again. Apart from mail-order Vermont Teddy Bears, I can't think of a more perfect small-occasion gift. (I'm joking, of course. No, seriously, guys, surprise her at the office with the gift of a Viagra-themed Vermont Teddy Bear so all her co-workers can see what a total dipshit she married. And maybe throw in something from the Jane Seymour "Open Hearts Collection", too.)
All this being said, these little chocolate truffles are sometimes more interesting to look at than to actually eat. Despite the list of exotic-sounding ingredients (cayenne pepper, Sichuan peppercorn honey, black perigord truffles....just to name a few), most of them end up tasting disappointingly similar to each other. Maybe my palate is dead, but if I'm not reading the label I really struggle to guess at what kind of truffle I'm eating. The specialty ingredients are just not bold enough to really taste.
Don't get me wrong...these are still damn good truffles.....but they generally don't live up to the hyped-up descriptions.
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