{"id":731,"date":"2010-09-03T22:46:07","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T04:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/?p=731"},"modified":"2010-09-03T22:48:05","modified_gmt":"2010-09-04T04:48:05","slug":"dessert-with-domori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/?p=731","title":{"rendered":"Dessert with Domori"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although almost every restaurant has a chocolate dessert that promises to shine, I&#8217;ve eaten many disappointing flourless chocolate cakes, ice creams, puddings and the like, that did not make for a brilliant ending to the evening. So while wandering around Qu\u00e9bec City a couple weeks ago, I was happy to stumble on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.echaude.com\/\">Restaurant l&#8217;\u00c9chaud\u00e9<\/a>, a bistro in Vieux-Port that utilizes chocolate beautifully in their desserts.<\/p>\n<p>First up, a chocolate tasting using three types of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.domori.com\/it\/home.php\">Domori<\/a> Grand Cru. This dessert was a nice twist on three classics &#8211; dark chocolate ice cream with crunchy roasted peanuts, a smooth and decadent pot du creme and a truffle studded with cacao nibs and a single cherry that complemented the chocolate&#8217;s citrusy notes well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dsc_0105.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-733 aligncenter\" title=\"Chocolate Tasting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dsc_0105-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, a chocolate and pistachio ice cream sandwich with a sandy cacao based cookie, and a rich, flavourful, complex chocolate ice cream studded with pistachios.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dsc_0395.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-734 aligncenter\" title=\"Ice Cream Sandwich\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dsc_0395-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So while l&#8217;\u00c9chaud\u00e9 keeps up the good work in Qu\u00e9bec, I will leave you with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.valrhona.com\/us#\/espace-gourmets\/recettes\">the link<\/a> to the decadent chocolate recipes featured on Valrhona&#8217;s website. Have fun!<\/p>\n<p>PS. After a short break the Shop is open again Thursday through Saturday. Don&#8217;t forget to check the website for our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/\">new fall hours<\/a>. See you soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although almost every restaurant has a chocolate dessert that promises to shine, I&#8217;ve eaten many disappointing flourless chocolate cakes, ice creams, puddings and the like, that did not make for a brilliant ending to the evening. So while wandering around &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/?p=731\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[174,38,173],"class_list":["post-731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-dessert","tag-domori","tag-travels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=731"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":737,"href":"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731\/revisions\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kerstinschocolates.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}