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October 28, 2005
Chocolate
I am consoling myself at the moment with a bar of chocolate after a stressful couple of days, and I thought I should take this opportunity to inform all and sundry that the best chocolate bar you can buy in this country, bar none, is from Green & Black's. Hershey, Lindt, Dove, Godiva, they don't compare. Jacques Torres sells some wonderful fancy chocolates that might win prizes in other categories, but not for a perfect chocolate bar. Cadbury is a close second -- it can serve as a backup in an emergency, but it's not quite as decadent.
I should clarify that I'm only talking about milk chocolate here. I'm sure the Green & Black's dark chocolate bar is good, too, and G&B sells all sorts of odd flavors, but I can't vouch for those.
Whatever it is in chocolate that my body craves is satisfied by G&B best. It has the perfect melting temperature -- anything warmer than room temperature. I'm currently dipping it in hot tea -- the inside melts but it doesn't melt into the tea -- if I take it out just in time, I get a perfect square of liquid cocoa.
It's expensive: $3.60 at Whole Foods and $2.40 at the Coop (it's organic), and it's not widely available, but it's certainly worth investigating if you consider yourself a fan of chocolate.
One more thing: If you really like chocolate, I recommend a pilgrimage to Cadbury World in England. Derek and I went years ago and were too late to take a tour, but we must have spent an hour in the World's Biggest Cadbury Store buying up interesting chocolate concoctions.
Posted by csageday at October 28, 2005 12:21 AM
Comments
MMMMMM. Late nite chocolate. I agree that there is a difference between the best chocolate and the best chocolate bar, although I do not have an opinion to express at this time as to which brand is the best.
Posted by: D at October 28, 2005 10:46 AM