Would you go to a chocolate restaurant?
 

Found a restaurant that apparently only serves coffees and chocolate desserts. I think it's an interesting idea. Are there other ones around? Would you go to one?

The one I found is: http://www.hautecafe.net/

I've been to a few in my time, but the gimmick usually ends up being much more palatable than the food being sold. Chocolate buffets sound great, but really -- how many desserts can you eat without feeling sick? I attended one of the Calgary Palliser's chocolate buffets a few years ago with my sister, and while it was very nice (if very pricey), I didn't feel that the restaurant's adherence to a particular culinary theme improved food quality on an overall basis.

There is one in Barcelona: Espai Sucre

It is interesting once in while and certainly worthwhile if you have a sweet tooth.

Not chocolate, but intriguing nonetheless

http://web-japan.org/trends/lifestyle/lif051221.html


Not sure what's going on with the website though, either they've closed down or it's going through a revamp. I've always declined trying anything from the Shibuya outlet.
www.mamido.jp/

I did, once
 

Room 4 Dessert was a trendy dessert-and-drinks place in Nolita/Soho. I tried it once. The space was moodily lit and trendy, the music was loud, the dessert was ok -- minimalist, well-executed, but unmemorable (so don't ask me what I had!). The place closed recently so I guess the idea didn't have legs.

A larger place in a more accessible location -- Max Brenner, Chocolate by the Bald Man -- has had a good run just off Union Square, the new food mecca. From the reviews I've read I'm not tempted, though I have walked through breathing deeply. They serve more than dessert, though.

I often go to the cafe at Payard for just dessert and coffee.

I must be getting old(well duh!)I find most(80% or more)chocolate confections just not worth the calories anymore.
I do love really fine chocolate-made a pig of my self at Riccardi(sp?)at the ferry terminal in SF this weekend,but I do not know if I would get good value at a chocolate buffet/restaurant.

There are quite a few chocolate "restaurants". Most I've been to have not been great, but some have been very good. One of the most unique (and enjoyable) meals I had was an all-chocolate dinner. The first several courses were not sweet at all, but all nine-courses featured chocolate.

There's a place in Vancouver, BC called "Death By Chocolate". It's fantastic, and you can watch them make your dessert for you. Superb!

Here's the perfect companion for any of those places

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCZ-6y2UEfM&NR=1

^DEAR GOD! Yes, yes, yes!!!!! ^ ^ I would absolutely go to a chocolate restaurant. I wonder if there are any near Philly?

A French restaurant in Osaka is offering a multi-course chocolate menu (Valentines day comes twice in Japan - women give milk/dark chocolate to men on the 14th Feb and are supposed to get white chocolate back on the 14th March... they usually get less back than they give)

Details in English here (last article on the page)
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-b...0080201ho.html

It's the third menu on this page
http://www.rihga.co.jp/osaka/restaur...ord/menu1.html
titled 'Chambord menu'
Price? $200 ($235 if you additionally pick one of the dishes labelled *)

Here's a machine translation:

Small enjoyment appetizer

Tuil affixing of rosette sesame of foie gras of cacao flavor

Horohoro bird and Rouleau of truffe White chocolate sauce

Risotto tailoring of Breton U lobster Chocolate and curry flavor sauce

* Racan pigeon with worried cacao of roast pistachio flavor hood sauce
Or,
* Roast pistachio flavoured Australia Uuhitsge (lamb? ostrich?) fillet meat Slightly bitter cacao sauce

Ripe natural cheese

Small enjoyment dessert

It is an article as for the dessert of the favorite.

Small cake

Coffee

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All I'll say is be very careful what you wish for!

I think I would be GREATLY tempted to try an all chocolate restaurant. I went on a cruise for my honeymoon and one night they had a chocolate midnight buffet that was stunning.

I once tasted curry flavoured truffles made by an avant-garde chocolatier (now out of business, though I don't think the curry was the cause). Surprisingly good, but it is still, well ... curry. Chocolate with hot pepper is a well tried (and successful) combination, but chocolate with cumin is a bit more unorthodox. Your taste buds certainly don't know what to make of it at times, as different parts of the tongue kick in with conflicting flavours. Sort of like fighting WW2 in your mouth.

No chocolate restaurant for me. Actually, I lie, I've been to several. But not by choice. :p I'm a vanilla (or better yet, cinnamon) kind of girl. :)