Be part of the 2017 Grande tournée du chocolat chaud
From 21 to 29 January 2017, la Tablée des chefs – an organisation whose mission is to provide food to people in need and educate young people in the culinary arts – and Valrhona are teaming up to bring you the Grande tournée du chocolat chaud. Try delectable hot chocolates for $4 each, with 50 cents from each purchase being donated to la Tablée. Here are a few of the Montreal establishments taking part! [Photo: Donat Boivin]
Chocolats Geneviève Grandbois
2-138 av Atwater, Montréal, QC H4C 2G3The 65% Kalingo chocolate comes with a homemade marshmallow “skewer” and a Giandula biscuit, both covered in Dulcey blond chocolate.
Les Chocolats De Chloé
546, av Duluth E, Montréal, QC H2L 1A9Chloé is back again this year for the third grand tour of hot chocolate, this time with a beverage made with white chocolate, matcha tea and lemon cream. Yum!
Au Festin De Babette
4085, rue Saint-Denis, Montréal, QC H2W 2M7Our ‘seller of little pleasures” (true to its namesake) makes us want to be cold, just so we can go there and warm up with one of its hot chocolates, made with dark chocolate, ginger, cardamom and a sprinkling of cinnamon.
Automne Boulangerie
6500, av Christophe-Colomb, Montréal, QC H2S 2G8This bakery on Christophe-Colomb, whose owners work hand in hand with local farmers, awaits you with a milky hot chocolate with almonds, chai spices and 58% cacao.
Café Prague
1317, av Van Horne, Outremont, QC H2V 1K7This small cafe with a European feel in Outremont will surprise you with its triple choc and tonka bean (from the fruit of a Brazilian teak tree) variation on hot chocolate.
La Fabrique Arhoma
1700 rue Ontario E, Montréal, QC H2K 1T4Here they mix the hot chocolate with passion fruit and tarragon caramel to provide “a little pep in the winter”.
Libertine Bakehouse
806, av Atwater, Montréal, QC H4C 2G9This new arrival – which opened 8 December, 2016 – offers a hot chocolate with malt (germinated barley) and Guanaja chocolate, topped with homemade caramelized vanilla marshmallows.
Le Butterblume
5836, boul Saint-Laurent, Montréal, QC H2T 1T3This new kid on Main hasn’t taken long to make a name for itself beyond Mile End! Go and see it for yourself while enjoying a hot beverage specially concocted for the occasion, with almond milk, ivory chocolate and orange zest.
Fous Desserts
809, av Laurier E, Montréal, QC H2J 1G2Be warned, these people are genuinely crazy! Awaiting you here: a hot chocolate made with 70% chocolate from Venezuela, served with a smoked black cardamom infusion and white pepper. In store – for the adults among you – they also add a splash of bourbon “to warm things up.”
