229. The Lindt Café

For the chocoholics out there this place is a must – the veritable centre of the chocolate universe. Isla and I have long been fans of the delicacies made by Lindt – in particularly we hold a special place for the chocolate balls they produce which we have nick named Angel Shits. So when we encountered this café which is run by the Lindt company we had to have a look.

If the queue outside (which was about 20 people long at 4pm) was not a good enough indicator of how wonderful the chocolate creations within the café were then the heavenly aroma and the drool at the feet of the waiting patrons surely was. Surprisingly rapidly we had a table and were soon scouring the menu. To be honest you could have just taken a pin and stuck it anywhere on the menu and it would be an excellent choice. We opted for two hot chocolates and a slice of chocolate cheese cake to share.

The drinks comprised of a jug of steamed milk and a small pot of rich warm liquid chocolate that you poured into the accompanying teacup. It was everything a hot chocolate should be but there was so much of it that I ended up refilling my cup 3 times. That left almost no room for the gastronomic cheese cake that followed. The slice was small but one bite made you realise why – it tasted like they’d taken 5 cheese cakes worth and condensed it into 1. The word rich just doesn’t cut it – perhaps luxuriant comes close.

Incidentally – almost everyone in there was fat!