Thursday, July 1, 2010

The French Quarter - North Melbourne

The French Quarter – North Melbourne

When this was served to me it was definitely the best looking presentation I had ever seen. It was a wide homely mug with a flower pattern on the froth on saucepan, along with a serviette, an espresso mug full of optional choc buds, all served on a chrome, silver butler plate.

Now to the taste, I decided I should do my review of this hot chocolate using half of the optional choc buds. The froth has good flavour and unlike most hot chocolates it’s not bland, but there isn’t enough of it. The chocolate is sort of half stirred, and the flavour is beautiful. It’s creamy, smooth and milky, but although I like the milky flavour in this one the chocolate flavour needs to be more present. The only major problem is that it’s not served hot enough to melt the choc buds. Maybe that’s why I didn’t get the chocolate flavour so much. But it also means that you’re left with horrible half melted choc sludge at the bottom of the cup.

Summary: Definitely the best presented Hot Chocolate I’ve ever had, and the most fun to eat and look at. The flavour isn’t too shabby either. The only thing I think is that the choc buds are bit of a gimmick because they don’t melt anyway. But overall Beautiful to look at and to taste!

OTHER INFO:
Marshmallows: No
Price: $4.50
How they describe it: N/A
Address: Corner of Curzon and Queensbury
Website: N/A

MARKINGS:
Presentation: 10/10
Froth: 6.5/10
Taste: 6.8/10
Overall: 9.4/10

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