Comments on: Haut Chocolat… http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/haut-chocolat A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:48:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: maria http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/haut-chocolat/comment-page-1#comment-4890 maria Sat, 18 Feb 2006 04:51:36 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=441#comment-4890 tablea is excellent for making truffles. it lends a sharp bittersweet taste that goes well with an addition of Kahlua or Tanduay rum. the texture is also a bit granular...i can't seem to melt the tablea to a smooth consistency. but still, the bits carry that concentrated bittersweet punch. but i have yet to find the chocolate shop in binondo though...can anyone give directions of where it is? thanks. tablea is excellent for making truffles. it lends a sharp bittersweet taste that goes well with an addition of Kahlua or Tanduay rum. the texture is also a bit granular…i can’t seem to melt the tablea to a smooth consistency. but still, the bits carry that concentrated bittersweet punch. but i have yet to find the chocolate shop in binondo though…can anyone give directions of where it is? thanks.

]]> By: marketman http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/haut-chocolat/comment-page-1#comment-4869 marketman Thu, 16 Feb 2006 02:16:52 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=441#comment-4869 Alicia, I get tablea in bohol markets, also Peueo (sp?) in a pinch. As long as there are no additives or extenders it should be pretty good. There is also a chocolate shop in binondo that Ivan visits on his tours that has been making tablea for ages... fried neurons...that's a pretty comprehensive list of the good stuff...HRM and Alicia, where does one get Pierre Marcolini? I have never noticed the stuff... Alicia, I get tablea in bohol markets, also Peueo (sp?) in a pinch. As long as there are no additives or extenders it should be pretty good. There is also a chocolate shop in binondo that Ivan visits on his tours that has been making tablea for ages… fried neurons…that’s a pretty comprehensive list of the good stuff…HRM and Alicia, where does one get Pierre Marcolini? I have never noticed the stuff…

]]> By: Alicia http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/haut-chocolat/comment-page-1#comment-4863 Alicia Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:03:41 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=441#comment-4863 I second HRM, Pierre Marcolini is my current favorite too..but I must admit, I do enjoy my Cadbury Fruits and Nuts every now and then. Is it just me? I can't seem to eat a Hershey's chocolate bar nowadays, they are just so sweet! MM or anyone else, any thoughts on where to get good tablea? or did you do a post on this already? Will check archives. I second HRM, Pierre Marcolini is my current favorite too..but I must admit, I do enjoy my Cadbury Fruits and Nuts every now and then. Is it just me? I can’t seem to eat a Hershey’s chocolate bar nowadays, they are just so sweet! MM or anyone else, any thoughts on where to get good tablea? or did you do a post on this already? Will check archives.

]]> By: fried-neurons http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/haut-chocolat/comment-page-1#comment-4861 fried-neurons Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:12:00 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=441#comment-4861 I love, love, looove fine European chocolates. So that special edition Godiva was good? That's good to know. Regular, everyday Godiva is overpriced schlock IMHO. It's too sweet. I'm partial to La Maison du Chocolat (France), which I buy whenever I am in New York (and by mail order once in a while). Neuhaus (Belgium) and Teuscher (Switzerland) are also very good. Pralines and truffles... those are the guaranteed ways to make me swoon. Literally swoon. :) I love, love, looove fine European chocolates. So that special edition Godiva was good? That’s good to know. Regular, everyday Godiva is overpriced schlock IMHO. It’s too sweet.

I’m partial to La Maison du Chocolat (France), which I buy whenever I am in New York (and by mail order once in a while). Neuhaus (Belgium) and Teuscher (Switzerland) are also very good. Pralines and truffles… those are the guaranteed ways to make me swoon. Literally swoon.

:)

]]> By: Marketman http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/haut-chocolat/comment-page-1#comment-4850 Marketman Wed, 15 Feb 2006 02:16:17 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=441#comment-4850 Ana, they were beautiful and very tasty... Mila, the smell of choclate out of a box of La Maison du Chocolat truffles is something burned into my food memory banks... millet, sorry, didn't mean to elicit such a pained comment from you...heehee, I jest,Wilson, thanks for that tip, I am curious about the transfers and will check out that place in future... rina, first I have heard of cowgirl chocs, they sound very interesting indeed! Sha, you are my most prolific commenter from nearly day 1 of this blog, daghang daghang salamat guid!!! HRM, I understand your desire for the Rolls Royce...though I tend to slum it once in a while. A red foil wrapped kisses kiss is good for that requisite chocolate fix for marketman...I have loved them since my single digits! Ana, they were beautiful and very tasty… Mila, the smell of choclate out of a box of La Maison du Chocolat truffles is something burned into my food memory banks… millet, sorry, didn’t mean to elicit such a pained comment from you…heehee, I jest,Wilson, thanks for that tip, I am curious about the transfers and will check out that place in future… rina, first I have heard of cowgirl chocs, they sound very interesting indeed! Sha, you are my most prolific commenter from nearly day 1 of this blog, daghang daghang salamat guid!!! HRM, I understand your desire for the Rolls Royce…though I tend to slum it once in a while. A red foil wrapped kisses kiss is good for that requisite chocolate fix for marketman…I have loved them since my single digits!

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