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we’re spoilt for choice when it comes to chocolates and cakes in melbourne. you’ve got the wonder that is let them eat cake, if you’re a milk chocolate person then max brenner should do it for you, if you favour dark chocolate like me then koko black is the way to go. i’d go to [...]

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koko black, again

i’ve blogged about koko black before, but i just thought you needed to see a couple pictures of koko black’s chocolate molleaux with raspberry espuma (fancy word for foam according to wikipedia) baked to order.

looks pretty damn good right? but you haven’t seen the best part…

i had no problems finishing this by myself.

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after we stuffed our faces at shabu shabu, we decided we needed something sweet to finish the night off. the last time xm and i went to palette we thoroughly enjoyed the experience so we decided to give their dessert menu a shot. luckily this time i have some pictures!
trent & joel went for the [...]

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we grabbed some chinese takeaway from toorak road and while waiting for our food i decided to treat us to some dessert. so we headed down to ganache chocolate lounge (250 toorak road, south yarra, 03 9804 7485) which is just off the corner of toorak road and chapel street. not one to share when [...]

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chapellis (571 chapel street, south yarra 03 9826 9516) are pretty decent when it comes to cakes. much better than cafe greco, anyway.
it was a pretty day on sunday, so k and i strolled down chapel street. on our way home i needed to get a little treat to reward myself for cooking dinner, so [...]

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max brenner

while koko black is my favourite chocolate spot i do visit max brenner on occasion as well. it’s a lot more central in the cbd so we end up there more often. mind you, this is probably a good thing. i find most of max brenner’s offerings generally a bit too sweet so i don’t [...]

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let them eat cake

the first birthday cake i remember having had little mermaid sitting in a corner. the little mermaid i had didn’t have Ariel’s red hair, she was blonde but man that cake was fabulous!
fast forward a decade later.. there is a bakery in perth that is in a terrible location. the afternoon sun shines right into [...]

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koko black

ok this is one of the things i’m going to miss when i have to leave melbourne!
and no no, i’m not leaving anytime soon. i think. i hope. all my other friends are though.. i’m going to need a dog when the last of them flies the coop next year.
the three main chocolatiers in melbourne [...]

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