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2009-10-21
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I've bought chocolates from here a few times - they're pretty addictive indeed, although the Hong Kong outlet has deviated from its original intent a little bit already, since DEBAUVE ET GALLAIS no longer sell the 'healthy chocolates' which they were renowned for and why they got preferred by the 王室 in the 1st place! *******************72% CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE CAKE -When I took the 1st bite, I was kind of disappointed that it was so very dense for a truffle cake - both the sponge cake base as well
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72% CHOCOLATE TRUFFLE CAKE -
When I took the 1st bite, I was kind of disappointed that it was so very dense for a truffle cake - both the sponge cake base as well as the chocolate mousse were nearly solid and overly refrigerated, a bit dry and not moist either. The Chocolate tasted surprisingly like Valrhona's Araguani!
Although I really enjoy their individual dark chocolate pieces for sale, which are even better than the 'original' Valrhona dark chocolates in my opinion (the latter's dark chocolates have been toned down too much, but Valrhona xcels in other ways and wins on consistency across the board - long story..!), I thought the cake I had at D&G wasn't up to the very high standards of their Chocolates.
7.0 / 10
DARJEELING 'GFOP' SUPERIEUR -
A Breakfast Black Tea (紅茶) which theorectically goes well with chocolate cakes, I was again surprised at how unaromatic and how unsophisticated (also slightly bland) this turned out for $60 odd dollars.
I'm not a tea making expert at all, I know my coffee better than teas - so I have no idea whether its the blend or the method which went wrong, but as a customer all I know is that this tea has nothing on the Le Gouter Bernadaud or Mandarin Oriental offers, nor in that case many other tea shops! But to be fair, if this is anything like coffee at all, I wouldn't rule out the possibility that it could just be the Tea-rista's problem
5.5/10
IN MY OPINION - I WILL STICK TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL CHOCOLATE PIECES AND SPRING MACARONS! THESE ARE REALLY GOOD AND SOME PIECES RIVAL JEAN PAUL HEVIN'S AND THE DARKEST CHOCOS HERE DEFINITELY BEAT THE ORIGINAL VALRHONA (BUT NOT WHEN COMPARED AND CONSIDERED OVERALL.. VALRHONA IS REALLY GOOD IN GENERAL.)
THE CAKE AND TEAS ARE OVER-PRICED AND NOT AS ENJOYABLE.
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