Thursday, December 11, 2014

July 2013: Meeting the Chocolate Goddess

So I popped into this Chocolate workshop and museum to try out a great afternoon’s joyful exposure to the art of the chocolatier.

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the walls were covered with some wonderful prints

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just look at the colour

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and of this..

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both go into each other

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poetic

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measuring the temperature

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the moulds are ready

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pouring into the moulds

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dripping off the excess

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using these implements

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upside down

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icing bag is being filled

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now the shells are cool

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filling the shells

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and me taking a shot at it

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adding texture to it

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and magic…viola

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amazing displays on the ground floor and then we head downstairs to the basement where more displays are laid out.

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fascinating artefacts, photographs and signs about chocolate…

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and here are the lovely seeds of heaven

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I know the feeling

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touhh decision eh?

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and now the lady brings the chocolates downstairs as they have now set

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i pick up one and that’s how they look, amazing.

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hello :)

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being given the last bit of instruction about what chocolate and flavours can do…

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reaching out….

 

 

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