Bambini and their Chocolate Ganache

Over the weekend my family and I decided to visit a relatively new restaurant that had opened up in Kincumber, Bombini. They're serve specifically Italian, after covering the menu and learning of the chocolate ganache cake they had to offer how could I wait, the entrees and mains we all had were delicious, For the entree we ordered a variety of seafood dishes and for our mains we varied with chicken, fish, venison and beef, I had the beef which was beautiful, the meat falling off the bone the meat itself soft and delicious. On for desert of the desert menu consisting of three different options, the ganache, a hazelnut chocolate gelato, their signature Bombini and raspberry desert. It was a toss up between the hazelnut chocolate gelato and the ganache. My mind was set however after seeing another patron with the ganache. The cake itself was much like a brownie in its shape the perimeter of which was a cream, probably baileys mind you my memory of the night is still hazy as their drinks were quite affordable. The texture of the ganache smooth the chocolate strength itself was not overbearing but in any case it was simply mix with some of the cream and its taste would be perfect. 

Overall Bombini score from myself: 9 out of 10

The Ganache: 10 out of 10

Bombini 366 Avoca Drive, Kincumber NSW 2251 Phone. 4381 1436
http://www.bombini.com.au/

chocolate weekly review by LIJIN：MAX BRENNER

For chocolate lovers: I often ask friend where have delicious chocolate. Is the most Max Brenner is widely recommended brand. My favorite is Strawberry White Chocolate, it is a kind of special drinks mixed White Chocolate, strawberries and yogurt, its taste sour and sweet. It comes in a white mug, "Drink Me" is writed on the mug. Melting Chocolate Heart Cake is worth to taste it. There is melted chocolate in a chocolate cake. You can uncover the surface of chocolate cake with a spoon, and inside chocolate will flow out. In addition, Max Brenner still has a lot of chocolate gift box. Max Brenner is a chocolate as the theme of the restaurant, the restaurant use chocolate to made chocolate beer, chocolate fondue, chocolate sandwich, chocolate waffles and chocolate pizza. Max Brenner is absolutely not to be missed restaurant for chocolate lovers.

The Naked Truth Chocolate - a chocolate with vinegar?

Hey All, Hoi here again, introducing another one of my new favourites from the Naked Truth. If you read my last post, you would know that it wasn’t long ago that I happened to cross roads with the Naked Truth (actually I have only reviewed one type from them here at SSCF), but the taste drew me to them once again and before I knew it, I was standing at the confectionery aisle studying the available assortments like a student cramming for finals.

The section at the mart was amazing, different shades of the chocolaty brown with the occasional red and white sprinkled amongst the assortment made my eyes open with frenzy – it was a child’s dream. However it wasn’t just the clear packaging accentuating the indulgence that made it fun, it was the clever names that I had the joy of reading while making sense of the variety that made it more like a child’s playground. The last one I got was “Grounded”, this time I got “Death By” and it certainly didn’t disappoint.

This red heaven was amazing, the raspberry sweetness combined with a hint of vinegar (Yes, it has a hint of vinegar, you did not read it wrong) gave the block a perfect balance. The sour off-setted the sweet and accentuated caramel sweetness of the base chocolate.

It was a chocolate certainly to “die” for. (Yes another pun). Certainly something I would recommend – I’m not going to rate this one as I am biased for sour foods. But if you want to try something apart from the normal chocolate bar, you won’t go wrong with this one.

chocolate weekly review by LIJIN: the little snail

The little snail is a very famous French restaurant in Sydney. I haven't eaten French food for a long time. From the time I walked in the door, everything was lovely, the waiter was attentive. The food was magnificent and surprisingly, the price of wine is very reasonable than other restaurant. We had the 3 course meal. Entree is Snails and calamari and mains is beef tenders and salmon. It is worth mentioning that the snails were amazing. Later a friend recommended that I must try the dessert. It is really delicious. I forgot the name of dessert, but I remember the taste of it. In fact, beef tenders and salmon is no surprise to me, but I am addicted to the dessert. Most of the dessert is mainly made of chocolate sauce with cream and strawberries. Bitter chocolate and delicious fruit mixed out the different taste. I can’t wait to try again. Very Yum!

Introduction to the Naked Truth

"The Naked Truth?, What is this?"

This was my first thought that came into my mind as I browsed the confectionary/sweet aisle during my weekly grocery shopping.

"Hey, at least the packaging looks sleek" - whoever the package designer was, he did an awesome job because it certainly caught my eye. The minimalistic packaging for this unknown chocolate represented something from the 80's,  an iconic rectangular bar of chocolate with clear packaging illustrating the brown indulgence underneath with a clever name to match its sweetness.

"Ground Me" was the one I got. (Picture above). As a coffee fan - the name certainly did its work, serving as a reference to the espresso kick inside and a pun to "grounding" someone (because get it, chocolate so good it's worth getting grounded for? No? Okay maybe it’s just me.) Nonetheless the iconic packaging coupled with the clever name introduced me to one of my new favourite types of chocolate available at the local supermarket.

Standing at 25 grams, its taste was what it said it was. A dark chocolate that wasn't too bitter with the coffee incorporated, the espresso carefully accentuating a subtle sweetness that paired with the dark chocolate just perfectly. If you aren't a fan of dark and bitter chocolate but would like to get into it, this would be the one I would recommend.  The convenient size and the reasonable price (I got mine for just 2 bucks) rates this lovely sweet high in my chocolate charts. The only criticism I have was the chocolate was a bit hard, the thinness of the chocolate helped in aiding the weak masticator but it still didn't give the softness of an average bar.

Overall I would rate this hipster bar a overall 9/10, its strengths being in its price, design , size/convenience and its cons being its resilience, not allowing me to engulf it (Maybe it’s a good thing though?)

Chocolates I don't like

              

I love to eat most chocolates, but there are some kinds of chocolate that I dislike. One kind of chocolate I dislike is chocolate that is heavily dark. I don’t like the very bitter taste that comes with it and prefer sweeter types of chocolate. However I do like classic dark Tim Tams. Another kind of chocolate I do not like is salted caramel chocolate. The kind of chocolate I dislike the most is definitely minty chocolates. I find that the two flavours   conflict and do not work together, but that’s just my opinion and there are heaps of people who like it. What chocolates don’t you like?

Chocolate on a cold day!

Not all chocolate comes in bars! Today it is very cold, and outside the sky if full of clouds. I have my day off to rest, and work on assignments. One of my favourite things to do on a day like this is grab a mug, pour some milk in it, and mix some chocolate powder with it and put it in the microwave to heat up. Hot chocolate is a perfect drink to help keep you warm in a day with low temperatures. When I was younger I used to do this every day during winter, either when I wake up or before I go to sleep. This brings back the memories!