Comments on: Marketman’s Chocolate Index

By: mayumi masaya

mayumi masaya — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:06:42 +0000

there’s rococo in king’s road

https://www.rococochocolates.com/

the organic artisan bars are superrrr…

By: Margaux Salcedo

Margaux Salcedo — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:11:37 +0000

Hi Marketman, thanks for dropping by the shop and for tipping Jacob’s Mom about it! She sent me an sms today =)

By: MGR

MGR — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 06:28:11 +0000

For the deadly hot chocolate…thick, rich, and pure:
Angelina’s in Paris
Cafe Florian in Venice
Escriba’s in Barcelona

For the candy bar (commercial):
Dark chocolate: Amedei Chuao or porcelana
Milk chocolate: still Amedei..sorry but this newbie inched a notch above the Swiss Callier

By: joey

joey — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:51:55 +0000

Maison du Chocolat and Royce –> The BEST! :) I couldn’t agree more! Worth any hell or high water it takes to get them!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:13:53 +0000

Ria, what about re-melting the truffles in a small pot with additional chocolate and making a simple chocolate fondue for berries, bananas or pound cake? Or melting them down and using them as a sauce for vanilla ice cream and some added chopped nuts and whipped cream? I suppose you could also chop them up and put them between bread and stick it in a panini grill and make chocolate paninis with truffles! Yum. Margaux, AHA! Chocolate is your weakness… And yes, I have been to Nana Meng’s and bought my chocolate pot and stirrer there… I thought Royce’s chips were a tad weird as well. Maria Clara, oddly, I haven’t had the privilege to taste Vosges of Chicago yet… hmmm, something for my wish list… Jacob’s Mom, Margaux Salcedo has the right idea…their family chocolate stalls, Nana Meng’s have what you are looking for…they have a stall at Glorietta Four and the metal pots and wooden stirrers…

By: Jacob's Mom

Jacob's Mom — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:05:59 +0000

Maria Clara — the Vosges Naga curry bar is my fave!

By: Jacob's Mom

Jacob's Mom — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:04:36 +0000

MM, where did you get your batiron? I’ve asked my mom to try and send me one as well as one of those metal pitchers (not sure what they’re called). Any info would be appreciated! Thanks.

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:51:32 +0000

Just an inquiry mind though how come one of my faves chocolatier Vosges Haut Chocolat of Chicago did not make it on your list? I love their fiery ancho chile chocolate truffles and curry and mango milk chocolate truffles. Godiva is always my fave.

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:44:31 +0000

Thanks for the recap of your chocolate posts make life easier for me.

By: Margaux Salcedo

Margaux Salcedo — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:18:52 +0000

ooh chocolate! not big on the candy but hot chocolate i know and it’s lovely to find my favorite new york spots in your archives, brings back a ton of memories. my valentine’s 2004 was actually spent at payard where my (then) boyoyong and i enjoyed cups of french hot chocolate with a harpist playing live in the background. i see you have jacques torres too – love their aztec hot choco. la maison’s a little too up there for me. another fave that i didn’t see in your list is the city bakery. amazing hot choco there too and great muffins.

i just got back from hong kong and of course had to get some royce. my friend dax’s all time fave is champagne. i tried their new potatochip chocolate. find it weird.

oh, nana meng tsokolate’s selling heart shaped chocolates on v-day. check it out at glorietta iv 3rd level and at market!market! activity center. we put cashew nuts in em.

the great thing about chocolate is … whether or not you have a valentine, it’s always great company!