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Naked Chocolate Café


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It's been a while since anyone posted to this topic, and since She Who Must Be Obeyed and I stopped by this afternoon, and it's definitely the hot chocolate season (this weekend's temperature forecasts notwithstanding), it's time to bump the topic and remind everyone just how good the hot chocolates are at the Naked Chocolate Cafe.

We both ordered our beverages "European" style, i.e., undiluted with steamed milk upon serving. Very rich that way. Eat with spoon, do not sip. Think chocolate soup.

Mine, in the foreground, is the "Indulgence" sized Aztec, flavored with cinnamon, cloves, and a few other spices. The spice flavors were forward, but not overwhelming and highly complimentary.

SWMBO's petite Hawaiian hot chocolate featured Hawaiian lava salt, rounded out with caramel. The salt was clearly present in the taste, but it did intensify the chocolate flavor. The caramel smoothed out the whole package.

For consumption later at home, we purchased one small box of cordial cherries (I love chocolate covered cherries, even the cheapie chemically-flavored ones) and a box of assorted chocolates. Their price for the French-style chocolates is a bargain, about $22 a pound. I'll report later when we've had a chance to evaluate as to whether it's a real bargain when it comes to consumption.

With Valentine's Day approaching, now seems a great time to visit this establishment. It's one of the things that reminds me just how much fun it is to live in or near Center City.

Bob Libkind aka "rlibkind"

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