had spring sale at chadstone today..so went with kj to koko black for a tea-cum-dinner.

ive been to kokoblack before..but that was almost 2 years ago, and that was in their flagship bourke street store..but somehow ive not had the chance to go back even though i was completely enamoured by their chocolates and especially the magical hot chocolate. so i was especially happy when they opened a branch in chadstone shopping centre, which is really near where i stay now :P

ambience wise, the chadstone branch loses out to the bourke street store. the latter is in an ancient architecture building, which gives it that luxurious tea time feeling with the laura ashley kind of cushions and books all relating to chocolate..whereas the former seems more french brasserie type, with the gentlemen club kind of leather seats..but the good part about this branch is the open kitchen concept where you see the chocolatier making fresh chocolates or melting down your 85% dark chocolate into your hot chocolate. pure chocolate ecstasy :P

ok enough words.. pics time (sorry for the bad resolution..ever since i dropped my cam..it hasnt seem to recover..haiz time to get new one i reckon..haha)

heres the gorgeous hot chocolate. its the creamiest, richest chocolate you can ever expect to taste. its pure liquid chocolate heaven. and im not kidding..i think everyone who comes to melbourne should really try this..its so much better than max brenners sucao (which gave me a major stomachache i dunno why) and better even than godiva.. which is saying alot :P

heres the grand marnier chocolate mouse that kj ordered..really good too..although mousse isnt really my thing.

i ordered the belgian chocolate platter. it comes with a shortbread, a chocolate mousse, chocolate ice cream, a chocolate cake and 2 belgian chocolates of your choice. the shortbread and cake wasnt great..ive had better, and i thought the cake was a bit dry..the mousse was not bad but as ive said ive never particularly liked it..the ice cream was really really really thick and rich. actually it got to the point of cloying tho.

anyway the belgian chocs i chose dark chocolate with baileys which is fantastic..the blend of liquer and chocolate really goes well together. i also chose a 85% coutre dark chocolate which was not too dry or cloying which can happen sometimes if the cocoa goes above 70%.

ive also tried their champagne truffles and their berry ganaches and truffles, all of which were really good too..hmm so i think..its their hot chocolates and chocolates which really takes the cake haha..the rest dont impress me much and i reckon the next time i visit (which would probably be quite soon i hope :P) id order just the hot chocolate and a few chocolates to accompany it.