Originally Posted by kingsroadgal
I don't think anyone has mentioned the Australian chain, Max Brenner. Actually I think it is based in Israel, but it has a substantial Australian presence. There is also one in Singapore. Max Brenner serves food, but the chocolate desserts and drinks are the main draw. They have dark and white hot chocolates. They also have a drink called the suckow (sp?) where you melt chocolate over a little burner and mix with milk. Delicious and unusual. They also have a wide variety of chocolate cakes, brownies, cookies, etc. I have not really seen a restaurant like this anywhere else. Located in David Jones Dept. store in Sydney, Manly Ferry Pier, Double Bay, and Singapore's Esplanade Performing Arts Complex (the big durian).
Max Brenner was a small shop in Raanana, Israel that was bought by the major Israeli chocolate brand "Elite" that kept the Max Brenner brand and promotes it around the world. Indeed, the first cafes were opened in Australia but now you can find them in other places as well (including 3 locations in Tel Aviv and one in Herzelia - Israel). On all the boxes they sell in the shops it says - "made in Kfar Saba, Israel" (my hometown
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