Friday, September 10
I like most of mint chocolate. This one, by a Belgian chocolatier Dolfin, is not an usual kind of mint chocolate; it's dark chocolate with mint leaves.
You don't actually see mint leaves in the bar of chocolate, but you can instantly tell they're there - from the gentle scent of mint, not overpowering the delicate flavor of chocolate, but just a hint of it.
And another dark chocolate, but with lavender and blueberries. Lavender isn't really a herb of my favorite, or more precisely, I'd rather avoid it; commercially available products scented with lavender are usually too strong for me. Then how come I got this bar? Well, why not? I had never had chocolate with lavender, so I thought I could try at least once.
This one, by an American organic chocolate manufacturer DAGOBA, turned out to be very delicate; lavender is invisible, too (because it is flavored with lavender essence) and its aroma is very, very subtle and pleasant. Even I liked it.
At the end of the list of ingredients, following lavender essence and wild blueberries was Love.
I thought it was neat to include "love" in the official list of ingredients - why not?
7 comments:
Interesting that 'Dagoba' means temple of the gods! This isn't exactly related to your post about chocolate, but in the Star Wars movies, Yoda's home planet is called 'Dagobah'. ^_^
Hi Chika,
I love dark chocolate...mmmmmm! By the way, where did you get these chocolates from? I'm interested in trying the one with lavender and blueberries.
Hi,
mela - I didn't know about it either! Interesting that Yoda's from temple of the god...
Reid - I'm with you, I love dark chocolates too! I got the Lavender one from one of my local natural food stores in town. Hope you can find one in your neighborhood! (You should be able to!)
p.s. sorry I haven't been able to send you the recipe for the pasta - the life's been hectic, but I will sure send it to you! thanks for being patient :9
Hi Chika,
It's no problem. I'm going to try and find this chocolate at Down To Earth. Hopefully they will have it. =)
Hi Reid,
Ooh I liked that store! Hope you can find one. :)
Hello Chika, I bought this chocolate some time ago and I really liked it, too. For those who want to try it, I would just like to mention I found it at Whole Foods.
Hi Estelle,
Glad you liked it! I just got another kind of their chocolate, the one infused with chili and other spices... haven't tried it yet, but sounds interesting!
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