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2008-10-09
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What goes in a name? An establishment with an easy-to-remember or catchy name certainly stands out among a city packed with restaurants and stores with their own specialties. The name matters a lot, at least the clients will remember the name, and that will bring back hopefully vivid memories and chances to return. Then what goes into this name? Cha.Ke.Li is a play of words that makes resemblance to the word CHOCOLATE, and being a branch of Ye Shanghai, Cha.Ke.Li stops at nothing to create fusio
Having been around for more than 6 months, Cha.Ke.Li stands on the side by the entrance of Ye Shanghai. Neatly decorated with a crystal showcase that display praline-based chocolates like they are jewels, Cha.Ke.Li pioneers and excels at infusing Chinese tea in its chocolates. There are a total of 5 to 6 chocolates in the showcase, and the flavours are in rotation. Each tea is paired with a special blend of chocolate that is thoroughly tested to match with the tea's smoky flavor.
For $13 apiece, it's not difficult to go through the entire collection. I find FLOWERPASSION (Jasmine with Ghana 40.5%) the best. The sweet floral taste of Jasmine blossoms matches with a lighter Ghana blend chocolate. MONKEY KING (see chocolate statue in picture), is a rose-tea flavoured praline coated with darker chocolate. BRITISCHAZTEC has a fine detailed appearance, the filling is sweet with Earl Grey, as the bergamot taste is so prominent you'll realize the smoky aftertaste only after the citrus has faded away.
NISHIOCHA (Matcha and White chocolate) is the unlikely choice here, even though the combination has been popular in desserts in recent years, I find the tea part not potent enough, and with white chocolate it's not uncommon that the praline is a little on the sweet side. If you like dark chocolate the best I recommend DARKEMBRACE (Pu'er Tea with Tanzania's 75% bitter chocolate), the darkest of it all, as the bitterness in the tea enhances the filling's smokiness throughout.
Share the joy of having this 'dark fix'. I find the combination inspirational, as teas have never been popular these days, but so is chocolat. Pairing the two together is truly a new thing. The simplicity lies within the enjoyment of something so different, yet familiar to us all.
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