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Enjoying a Chocolate Pie
Posted by: | CommentsWe drove up to Santa Fe last weekend just to deliver a batch of chocolate to Collected Works Bookstore & Cafe. It was their first order from us, so we’re super excited about their addition to the Cocopotamus list of growing family. Afterwards, we went to Zia Cafe for bunch. They have some delicious food. Not too fancy, just down to earth comfort food made well. We ordered a Cocoa pie. For a diner quality pie, it’s not bad. Of course, being in the chocolate business, we’re super picky about chocolate. They used pretty good quality chocolate. Our complaint it’s that it lacks depth. Perhaps a little salt in it will help make the chocolate flavor stands out a bit more. As it is now, it feels a little heavy after half of it. We couldn’t finish the whole thing even between the two of us.
Cocoa Pie from Zia Diner Santa Fe
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Payard Chocolate and Truffles Review
Posted by: | CommentsWe went to Las Vegas last week. Gambling isn’t our thing, but FOOD is. As you might already know, Las Vegas has some of the very best restaurants in America. Almost every famous chef (particularly those celebrity chefs) has one or more restaurants in Vegas. It’s foodie heaven.
Aside from trying out good food (we’re not going to review it here), we seeked out world chocolates to try. Since we’re in the chocolate business, we constantly compare ours with all the competitors. Tasting chocolate is a hard job (a little cliche), but somebody has to do it, right?
We toured the local Vegas chocolate factory, Ethel’s Chocolate. Tasted some too. Honestly, we can’t say that we like it very much. Don’t get me wrong, it’s reasonably good chocolate considering the price, but it lacks complexity for our taste buds.
We also had the opportunity to buy some of Francios Payard (regarded as one of the very best chocolatiers in the world). His shop is located in Caesar Palace. We bought a few of his truffles since truffles are closest to our fudge. Now, the quality of the chocolate he used is excellent. Personally, we find it just a tad too sweet in most of the flavors. The raspberry truffle has the most complex taste. It’s tart, sweet, and bitter all at the same time. Very similar to our Razzmanian Devil and our Lemon Shiver. Only ours has a little salt added to bring out the tartness a bit more. The truffles are very smooth and light. The texture is perfect. Overall, we weren’t disappointed. Payard’s chocolate is definitely one of the best we’ve tasted.
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