an event I'd like to see
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 9:12 pm
The wife & I were down at the Distillery today for the art exhibition, and we found a little chocolatier there called Soma Chocolates. Normally, we don't get too excited about these sort of places, as most of them specialize in truffles and other chocolate covered thingies that Sheryl makes cheaper (& usually better) at home.
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.
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.
