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Josophan’s, Sydney

September 25th, 2012  |  by  |  published in Restaurants | 4 Comments »

Josophan’s, Sydney

Who doesn’t love an all-purpose chocolate shop? At Josophan’s new city store, which opened last month, you can find spiced drinking chocolate, nut-encased blocks, colour-splattered slabs of cocoa and, importantly, The Best Ice Cream Topping In The World (made of wafer balls, multi-flavoured chocolate pebbles and other crunchy, scoop-enhancing ingredients). There are also chocolate lollipops […]

Holiday season

December 25th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »

Holiday season

Merry Christmas! I hope your holidays are full of yums, none-too-painful food comas and that the company is good (or if the company = a compulsory obligation rather than mutually enjoyable, then fingers crossed that the food, drink and present-blitz makes it a little easier to put on that poker face). Right now, the air […]

New pralines at Kakawa

October 11th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »

New pralines at Kakawa

First up, the sad news: the Blueberry and Yogurt praline has been phased out at Kakawa in Darlinghurst. The good news: the store’s display case is filled with many great consolation prizes. One new addition is the Wild Lemon, which twists the tang and sweetness of lemon into a lovely showdown with milk chocolate. I […]

Variety is the confusion of life

July 13th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »

Variety is the confusion of life

It’s true, we’re all primed to try new things. There’s something about the never-seen-before that queue-jumps other claims for our attention. So I noticed that Kakawa had these new chocolate squares – in dark and milk versions – pressed with deep berry specks and rugged kernels and seeds. One of my favourite things about fruit-and-nut […]

Easter countdown

March 28th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »

Easter countdown

When a calendar-flip shows how close Easter holidays is, I guess everyone starts plotting their time off and chocolate stockpiling. So this weekend, I stopped at two of my favourite chocolatiers to see what holiday-flavoured goodies were on their shelves. At Kakawa, David and Jin have converted the traditional hot-cross bun into a miniature praline. […]

Odds are, it’s delicious

March 17th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Odds are, it’s delicious

“This is a pie chart describing my favourite bars. And this is a bar graph describing my favourite pies.” That’s from the How I Met Your Mother episode where Marshall (Jason Segel) becomes addicted to presenting statistics in graphic form. I wonder what he would think of the Chocolate Pie Chart from Australian label Mary […]

Caramel High

February 18th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »

Caramel High

One of my favourite things right now is the Dark Chocolate Caramel from Kakawa in Darlinghurst. Take the paper wrapper, give it a ballerina-like untwist, sink it into your mouth and chew (and chew and chew). Anyone afraid of the bitter bite of dark choc needn’t worry, as the caramel sweetens the jolt, making it […]

Birthday surprise

February 12th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »

Birthday surprise

So, Will asked me to keep the weekend before my birthday free and to pack an overnight bag. A weather report was my only clue as to where we were going – “Sunny with a chance of shower”. On the same day we left Sydney, there’d be news reports of flash-floods later that evening. We […]

Kakawa Chocolates, Darlinghurst

October 18th, 2009  |  by  |  published in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Kakawa Chocolates, Darlinghurst

I easily fall into a spell looking into counters lined with exquisite pralines, and the new Kakawa chocolatier in Darlinghurst is the latest place to continue this hold on me. The boutique is a nice front-display break from the endless car showrooms and rental vehicle outlets that keep William Street so drab, and what’s in […]

Can we have a Koko Black chocolate salon in Sydney, please?

August 24th, 2009  |  by  |  published in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »

Can we have a Koko Black chocolate salon in Sydney, please?

Anytime you mention a planned trip to Canberra – our nation’s notoriously overplanned and inoffensive capital – you’ll often hear a snicker or witness a raised eyebrow in response. It’s like telling someone you plan to spend your holidays doing full-time laundry. The city has a reputation for being an immensely boring place (and often […]

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Hi, I'm Lee Tran Lam. When not blogging with my mouth full, I'm usually writing, presenting Local Fidelity on FBi radio, making zines, producing podcasts or continually breaking promises about how I really am gonna get through my book pile one day.

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