This place had plenty of that sort of stuff, but with the twist that unlike many chocolatiers that use generic & blended chocolates, they use some seriously high-end, single-plantation chocolates from around the world - basically the chocolate version of single-malt scotch or a good quality microbrew.
In addition, they sell bars from some world-renowned gourmet chocolatiers such as Domori, Valrhona and El Rey, many of which we'd never seen in Toronto before. Like their equivalents in the scotch world, they ain't cheap - we dropped nearly 20 bucks for two medium sized bars - but if you have a taste for good chocolate, they're definately worth the money.
Anyway, my point in bringing this up is that I'd love to see somewhere like beerbistro put together a beer & chocolate tasting, matching up some good chocolate-friendly beers (like stouts & porters) with some high quality chocolate. Not only would it be a unique beer event, but I'd lay odds that it would get a lot more women interested in trying some good beer.
Steve, if you're reading this - think about it.
And if there are any other high-end chocolate fans reading this - where do you get your fix? We generally buy our bars at Domino's in St. Lawrence Market, where they have a pretty decent selection of stuff from Michel Cluizel, Dolfin and others, and Soma has enough bars that are new to us to keep us going for a while. But if there are some other places out there with unique stuff available, we'd like to know about it.
