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| - My friend and I stopped after the Adele concert to get some strong coffee and hopefully a tasty chocolate treat to share before our trip back to Tucson.
But alas, no chocolate in the case. We settled on the lemon lavender cake (which I'm sure was yummy) and ordered a couple of lattes, but happened to ask the guy behind the counter if by some chance they might have anything chocolate in the back. He disappeared for a few minutes, and a lovely woman came out and said she'd heard we wanted some chocolate and said, "We take our chocolate very seriously here." -- then told us she was going to make us a special treat and asked whether we preferred light or dark chocolate (definitely dark). Wow. Impressive.
About 15 minutes later, she came out with a beautiful tart made with shortbread crust and a dark chocolate ganache filling, topped with pecans and caramel sauce. Gorgeous presentation, and the taste was beyond heaven -- literally the best dessert I've ever had. The still-warm ganache was deep, dark, soul-satisfying CHOCOLATE. Oh Lordy, we were in hog heaven. We polished that baby off, finished our lattes, and made a speedy and contented trip back to Tucson.
Thanks to the warm and thoughtful folks who work there--you're there best (and your baker is amazing)! I'll be back!
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