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Monsieur truffe

90 Smith Street, Collingwood Phone 03 9416 3101

Did a wonderful chocolate appreciation class at the delicious Monsieur Truffe, who is delicious not just for his chocolate, but for his wonderful French accent as well!

We learned about cocoa, where its grown, the different types of [...]

Written by mellie on May 13th, 2009 | Tags: , , | 4 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

McDonalds in a Kit Kat?!?

Okay, this *may* be taking the humble Kit Kat a little too far. Yeah, I love the crazy combo’s the Japanese come up with, but to make a partnership with evil McD??!

Anyway, this is the Kit Kat McFlurry Caramel Macchiato. It’s a little bit too sweet for my liking, but [...]

Written by mellie on January 12th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Leave a comment | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Kit Kat – Fragrant Black Tea

This is the Kit Kat Torokeru Zeitaku Kaoru Koucha, or “To be enchanted with fragrant black tea”. This deluxe version comes two to a box, in a thicker finger individually wrapped in foil. The taste? Well, I kind of like it! It’s quite strong and most certainly fragrant, with the heady aroma [...]

Written by mellie on July 31st, 2008 | Tags: , , | 6 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Meiji Hokkaido Tasty Crunch

 

Meiji has once again provided a worthy candidate for my peculiar obsession with kooky Japanese sweets. Tasty Crunch are nuggets of Hokkaido milk chocolate studded with (the packaging doesn’t lie) salted french fry potato chips. And to be honest, they’re actually not that half bad!

I spotted this snack in the Great Eastern (Russell [...]

Written by mellie on June 30th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | 14 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Hori Corn Chocolate

EG’s parents took a recent trip to Hokkaido, and bought us back some local treats. So let me present one of the specialities of the region, Hori Corn Chocolate.

The gift box contains the same chocolate done two ways – in a long finger and a bite sized nugget.

Written by mellie on June 23rd, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | 5 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post
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