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2008-06-23
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Opening yet another chocolatier in Pacific Place may seem redundant. After all you do have Cova, and Cha.ke.li (in Ye Shanghai) that sells designer Chocolates. La Maison du Chocolat is the brand new addition to inspire any chocoholics their exploratory adventures -- for the feast of their eyes and tastes. An establishment only 31 years old, La Maison is in no competition with brands like Varlhona, but the creativity part, if not better. La Maison has more than 20 kinds of chocolates -- each focu
On entrance the sales person offered a new collection of Chocolates, seasonal editions that include some of the more exotic fruit flavours, like pineapple with dark chocolate -- Pineapple juice and pulp infused into cream to make chocolate ganache that melts on your tongue on contact. The dark chocolate balances out the cloying sweetness of the tropical fruit. This summer collection also include chocolates flavored with redcurrants (dark chocolate), and honeydew melon (with milk chocolate) .($490 for a gift box of 40 pieces) Mont Blanc ($20 apiece) is a small globe of chocolate ganache flavored deeply with Kirsch and dark cherries, without the childhood nightmares of cough syrup aftertaste. Caramelized almonds ($20 apiece) is chockful of sweet caramelized almonds clustered by dark smooth chocolate. Milk chocolate has its fan base as well, with flavours less experimental -- rum, orange and vanilla are among bestsellers.
Other chocolate artforms are sold at the show window here include the ravingly simple macarons. At $35 a piece, these macarons are among the softest and nuttiest among all establishments in HK (like LGB and Antique) . 'Salvador' is a pretty pink colour of rapsberries with chocolate ganache piped inside as filling. Be sure to check out its patisserie kin "Pleyel" ($35 apiece), which is a softer but denser mini-loaf most resembled of pound cake. Chocolate-almond is dense with intensed cocoa flavour, while lemon pound cake shares the tartness in the citron from its zest and juice. I consider it more resemblance to the French Financiers.
Truffles are sold at three sizes, and two flavours -- Plain and Champagne. They may seem pricey ($494 for 190g, $676 for 260g, $1040 for 400g...no typos here), but La Maison can proudly announce their thin chocolate shell coating and their ganache filling is one of the best in the city. From the way it looks from inside and out, and the attentive service from the knowledgable staff, the staff will inform you the origins and the making processes of each piece of chocolates you purchase on request.
It's easy to spend a couple hundred dollars in this new chocolatier in town. It is a definite journey for any chocolate pilgrims to experience a new form of chocolates infusing artistic creativity and unique flavours. I find it hard to decline an invitation to embrace such opportunity to open my eyes to a new artform of the chocolate world.
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