Hello Chocolates!

D and C surprised me with a delivery to the door. I was out when it arrived, but I got home within 30 minutes after the courier texted me. It arrived neatly wrapped in decent linen furoshiki, of which I can definitely re-use. I didn't even know hello chocolate exists to bring us good bean-to-bar chocolates from all over the world. Of course I'm familiar with the brands of chocolates, but I didn't know that there's a site I could buy these from, and that they do delivery.

When I opened the beautifully wrapped package, I cackled. D and C had sent me the whole year's supply of dark chocolates. I do love chocolates, preferably with 80% cacao. Some form of sugar is definitely acceptable. At least this is an avalanche of chocolates that my fridge more than welcomes. And not 5kg worth of Volta ice-cream. Hahaha.

There were many flavors of dark chocolate, and even two bars with Scotch and cognac within. Mmmmm. The man eagerly eyed those. So we brought them out to drinks at the friends to share over a few apt glasses of whisky. The bar of pistachio and nougat (Barre infernale pistache) from François Pralus promises to be delicious. Even at 75% cacao content, it will be sweet, and shall be reserved for special afternoons with good coffee.

I'm most intrigued by the set of Taiwanese chocolates infused with tea flavors from Fu Wan (福灣巧克力). I haven't decided how to eat these bars yet. Definitely not with breakfast granola, that be too weird. I usually dump 85% dark chocolate squares into the bowl of granola, yoghurt and milk. I won't take these with tea either. Aside from chrysanthemum and lemon ginger infusions, I still haven't touched a proper cup of tea in ages. These chocolates are gonna be interesting. I think I'll eat these chocolates plain, like that. Open fridge, break off a chunk and eat it as a random snack.