Hot Chocolate!
Jan 31, 2013 | 5:29 pm
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Jan 31, 2013 | 5:52 pm
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Feb 20, 2013 | 7:11 am
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I'm more of a traditionalist when it comes to my hot chocolate and don't like all of "add-ons" - flavorings, marshmallows, etc., although I will take some schlag on top. Therefore, my favorites:
Cafe Schober - Zurich
Weber & Weiss - Friedrichshafen, Germany
And, if you want to consider a powder that you can buy in a grocery, then, I'll take Caotina Noir. I always stock up when I'm in Switzerland or Germany.
Cafe Schober - Zurich
Weber & Weiss - Friedrichshafen, Germany
And, if you want to consider a powder that you can buy in a grocery, then, I'll take Caotina Noir. I always stock up when I'm in Switzerland or Germany.
Apr 9, 2013 | 11:05 am
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Apr 9, 2013 | 11:14 am
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Angelina
http://www.groupe-bertrand.com/angelina.php
Dalloyau
http://www.dalloyau.fr/resto.html
Jean-Paul Hvin
www.jphevin.com
Ladure
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 Hvin
www.jphevin.com
Ladure
http://www.laduree.fr/public_fr/mais...ns_accueil.htm
La Maison du Chocolat
http://www.lamaisonduchocolat.com/fr...es.php?c=paris
During our trip to Paris this winter, I made my French fiance go to every hot chocolate place in the city and buy me a cup. His grandmother insisted that I was wasting my time with anything other than Laduree.... I insisted Angelina was going to win out, but that Parisian woman was right! Laduree hands down. But nothing beats the actual chocolate from La Maison du Chocolate. Pretty sure I just gorged myself on sweets for three weeks. :-)
Apr 9, 2013 | 12:17 pm
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Angelina and Ladure have insane queues and I will say that I don't find it worth the wait. And sadly they have both become rather mundane name brands, especially with Ladure's worldwide expansion.
I'm tempted not to share
but Les Marquis de Ladure opened recently without fanfare and thus usually without queues. It is the chocolate only version of Ladure.
I'm tempted not to share
but Les Marquis de Ladure opened recently without fanfare and thus usually without queues. It is the chocolate only version of Ladure.
Apr 9, 2013 | 2:35 pm
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Angelina and Ladure have insane queues and I will say that I don't find it worth the wait. And sadly they have both become rather mundane name brands, especially with Ladure's worldwide expansion.
I'm tempted not to share but Les Marquis de Ladure opened recently without fanfare and thus usually without queues. It is the chocolate only version of Ladure.
I'm tempted not to share
but Les Marquis de Ladure opened recently without fanfare and thus usually without queues. It is the chocolate only version of Ladure.
Apr 9, 2013 | 3:28 pm
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The emporter queue at Angelina was recently over 45 minutes, in driving snow. There are better places to go for better taste and quality; both do very well in the marketing area, and I certainly give them credit for that. (And one certainly pays a lot for packaging as well; Ladure is shocked when I decline a bag for the few short streets home)
Apr 9, 2013 | 6:22 pm
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