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LEONIDAS CHOCOLATES

1055 Canada Place, Vancouver

Phone: 604-647-7559

Web: http://www.leonidaswaterfront.com/

Twitter: @LeonidasChocola

Advice: Located on the wharf towards the water, outside of the new Vancouver Convention Centre.

 

Dark Hot Chocolate

Chocolates and Truffles

As a chocolate enthusiast, I am always searching out chocolate indulgences and recently visited this world renowned chocolatier café. I had their delicious signature Dark Hot Chocolate as well as a selection of chocolates and truffles that included the Buche Massepain Pistache Dark — Dark chocolate, pistachio flavour marzipan; Truffe Champagne – White and milk chocolate ganache with real champagne, coated in white chocolate powder; Truffe Noisette – Milk chocolate ganache with chopped hazelnuts, coated in hazelnut powder; Manon Café Fondant – Dark chocolate praliné with coffee butter cream and a whole hazelnut; Louise White – White chocolate praliné with caramelised nuts and the Giamanda – The creamy smooth Gianduja from Leonidas flavoured with chopped California almonds.

For chocoholics you will find chocolate beverages as well as chocolates and truffles flown in fresh from Leonidas in Belgium, you will also find pastry creations made locally specifically for them.

The café is off the beaten path but well worth your discovery when you are looking to escape for a chocolate indulgence!

Review By: Richard Wolak

Cafes to Visit during 2010 Olympics

Buzz Cafe

If you are Vancouver and looking for a café to socialize with friends or to check your email! Here are some places that you are sure to get good coffee and most have Wi-Fi:

Elysian Coffee (2 locations) 590 West Broadway (Fairview Slopes) and 1778 West 5th Ave (kitsilano) – has Wi-Fi.

49th Parallel 2152 West 4th Avenue

Blenz (multiple locations)  345 Robson Street (Library Square), 1203 Davie Street (Westend), 700 Davie Street (downtown), 338 Helmcken Street (Yaletown) –has Wi-Fi

Wicked Cafe (2 locations) 1399 West 7th Avenue & 861 Hornby Street – – has Wi-Fi

Agrocafe 1207 Hamilton Street – has Wi-Fi

Smart Mouth Café 131 Water Street (Gastown) – has Wi-Fi

Buzz Café 901 Homer Street – has Wi-Fi

Café Artigiano 763 Hornby Street (Downtown) –

Mink Chocolate Café 863 West Hastings Street – has Wi-Fi

Dulcinea Café 1118 Denman Street – has Wi-Fi

Compiled by: Richard Wolak

The BEST Hot Chocolate

Finding the best Hot Chocolate is all about comfort and bliss, there are places that serve Hot Chocolate, then there are places that create exceptional Hot Chocolate. This list is about the places that make exceptional Hot Chocolate:

Thomas Haas Hot Chocolate

Thomas Haas Hot Chocolate

#1 goes to Thomas Haas –the best Hot Chocolate in the city, truly a standout that TOPS the list 2539 W. Broadway in Vancouver and 128-998 Harbourside Drive, North Vancouver; my favourite is the Extra Dark Hot Chocolate.

#2 goes to Dulcinea Café 1118 Denman Stree –very good Hot Chocolate made with their Spanish chocolate.

#3 goes to Mink Chocolate Café 863 West Hastings Street – very good and served in nice cups.

#4 goes to Picnic at 3010 Granville Street– great hot chocolate –they have always had two types, both are good but the one to ask for is the French style which is similar to Angelina’s in Paris.

#5 goes to Wicked Café 1399 West 7th Ave and 861 Hornby Street.

By: Richard Wolak

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