Hot Chocolate!
Mar 3, 2009, 7:44 am
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Best Hot Chocolate
Waking up to 45F in Miami can be a drag, so I headed to La Palma on SW 8th Street (Calle Ocho) and 60th Avenue - they have a great thick hot chocolate!
My all time favorite though is the one I had in Madrid @ San Gines. You can cut it with a knife from how thick it is! NYCers will talk about Serendipidity or Maison du Chocolat in Rock Center, but let me tell you, you have to try the one in San Gines in Madrid!
There's a cafeteria in Mexico City Zocalo district that also serves great Hot Chocolate with Churros, but I forget the name.
My all time favorite though is the one I had in Madrid @ San Gines. You can cut it with a knife from how thick it is! NYCers will talk about Serendipidity or Maison du Chocolat in Rock Center, but let me tell you, you have to try the one in San Gines in Madrid!
There's a cafeteria in Mexico City Zocalo district that also serves great Hot Chocolate with Churros, but I forget the name.
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Mar 3, 2009, 8:33 am
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Have to agree Spanish hot chocolate is terrific.
I do enjoy the spicy hot chocolate at Marie Belle in New York. Another so thick you can cut it.
Vosges makes some decent hot chocolates, but they don't compare to the above.
Thanks for mentioning Burdick. I'll make a point to get there this month.
I do enjoy the spicy hot chocolate at Marie Belle in New York. Another so thick you can cut it.
Vosges makes some decent hot chocolates, but they don't compare to the above.
Thanks for mentioning Burdick. I'll make a point to get there this month.
Mar 3, 2009, 11:32 am
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Mar 3, 2009, 2:55 pm
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Angelina
http://www.groupe-bertrand.com/angelina.php
Dalloyau
http://www.dalloyau.fr/resto.html
Jean-Paul Hévin
www.jphevin.com
Ladurée
http://www.laduree.fr/public_fr/mais...ns_accueil.htm
La Maison du Chocolat
http://www.lamaisonduchocolat.com/fr...es.php?c=paris
http://www.groupe-bertrand.com/angelina.php
Dalloyau
http://www.dalloyau.fr/resto.html
Jean-Paul Hévin
www.jphevin.com
Ladurée
http://www.laduree.fr/public_fr/mais...ns_accueil.htm
La Maison du Chocolat
http://www.lamaisonduchocolat.com/fr...es.php?c=paris
Mar 4, 2009, 2:00 pm
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Mar 4, 2009, 2:18 pm
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I love Angelina in Paris; Cacoa Sampaka in Barcelona also has wicked hot chocolate, served with delicious langues du chat.
Mar 4, 2009, 7:47 pm
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Buy yourself some chocolate abuelita or Ibarra. Prepare it as per the package instructions, but add a pinch of cayenne pepper and some vanilla extract.
Absolutely delicious
Absolutely delicious