Yesterday was Christmas 🎄 chocolate 🍫 tasting Time 🤸♂️
You might not be thinking about Christmas 🎅 just yet…
But Parisian chocolatiers are presenting their 🎄 collections in September just like Paris Couture.
One of the hardships of blogging in Paris is you must indulge
in Holiday 🎄 treats before the rest of humanity.
*Bears 🐻 by the way will always be IN for any holiday in France
The invitation said begins at 14:30/2:30
I thought I arrived on the dot at the Le Chocolat Labo
But plenty of 🍫 tasters got there ahead of me.
We were lucky to sit down for the first tasting.
A tray of 10 perfect chocolates 🍫
Naturally I got out my little ‘kiwi’ knife
Le Chocolat’s head chocolatier, Quentin Francis-Gaigneux explained all the different flavors. I was busy sketching ✍️ I noticed my neighbor ‘saving’ hers in her purse 👜 She said she had a ‘cardiac situation’ and ‘pleine de crème’/full of cream. I followed her example. Later I saw her, the first one, to get ice cream 🍨 from the chariot and others lining up after her 😂 The edible chocolate box is so clever. Ducasse’s designs are always unique and witty. Is full of whimsical animals 🐻❄️ Their cocoa pod shaped-chocolates are directly inspired They let me step into where they were roasting the beans.
The beans Le Chocolat are chosen from a variety of places;
Smoky Indonesian Java, Trinidad, Madagascar, Peruvian Porcelana, Venezuelan Chuao, Vietnam. All la crème de la creme of beans 🫘
I was very happy to have
LE CHOCOLAT excellent chocolates for breakfast this morning. Time to dream of Christmas chocolates
Ah, the joys of a ziplock bag and a big purse. I'd do the same and it looks divine (and I'm not even a chocolate fan!)
ReplyDeleteOh Jeanie ❤️ so true. It is fun to ‘save’ things 🍫 for later 😂
DeleteClever girl, I’ll bet the chocolates tasted divine singly, on their own, later. Ten chocolates at one sitting is a little much although they all look irresistible! Merci for taking us inside Ducasse’s chocolate lab!
ReplyDeleteExactly Bonnie 👍 Too much of a good thing. Time is required to appreciate the flavors.
Deleteoh my goodness, carol, those chocolates look so delicious, but thats a lot of chocolate to eat all at once...i would certainly take some home to enjoy later...
ReplyDeleteYES! Eating chocolate must not be rushed! I remember a woman at the James Beard House who said she ate ONE French chocolate every night.
DeleteYum overdose. Fun to be you.
ReplyDeleteIt’s a tough job Peggy, but someone has to do it ❤️ 🍫
DeleteOut of curiosity and out of France unfortunately, how much are they? I think I could eat ten in my mind anyway.😉
ReplyDeleteDucasse chocolates are definitely in the ‘haute Couture’ range of French chocolates. Prices are shown on the website.
Deletehttps://www.lechocolat-alainducasse.com/fr/
Definitely one of the perks of your job!!! They look delicious!
ReplyDeleteOh, delightful!!!! Thank you so much!!!!
ReplyDeleteDidn't want to be Anonymous!!!! Delightful! Thank you so much!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Marilyn 🍫 I’m happy you enjoyed my chocolate adventure ❤️
DeleteFrench chocolate is the best! Didn’t French Girl keep a collection of bars she would nibble on?
ReplyDeleteYes, that’s ancient history. She could also eat ONE potato chip and save the rest for another time! I am not a nibbler.
DeleteDo they have a chocolate shop in NY. I would love to try the biscuits and dark chocolate bar with whole nuts. Lynne
ReplyDeleteYum!! You are one lucky lady!!! 😘from 🇨🇦
ReplyDelete🥰 Thank you Nicole ❤️
DeleteCarol, I volunteer to be your assistant chocolate taster! I adore the Advent Calendar!
ReplyDeleteYes, you’re Hired Barb 👍
DeleteYum! They look fantastic! 😋😘😘
ReplyDeleteOH CAROL!! PURE DELIGHT!! THANK YOU. WE IN AMERICA NEED SOME HAPPINESS! AND, NOTHING BETTER THAN FROM MOUTH TO TUMMY!, ESPECIALLY FROM PARIS! ⚜⚜🍫🍾💕 CARLA
ReplyDeleteYou have such a difficult job - if you need help with the chocolates just yell and I’ll help.
ReplyDeleteI could barely make it through your post before running to the cupboard to break off a piece of my Happy Birthday chocolate bar for breakfast! Love this, Carol!
ReplyDeletePerfect response Mary Lou ❤️
DeleteBullseye 🎯
Beautiful photos! Chocolate....yum! Thank you so much for sharing, and warm greetings from Montreal, Canada.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda ❤️
DeleteA hardship like the woman saving her chocolates but being first for ice cream 😉
ReplyDeleteIt’s a good point saving them though, how do you appreciate each one when there’s 10 of them, it’s a lot all at once.
I like the idea of one good chocolate every day, but I normally have plain dark chocolate some evenings.
Always like your chocolate drawings/paitings 🙂
10 chocolates an is unrealistic amount to expect people to taste at one sitting, unless they were thin slivers Kirra 👍
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