First, let me just say, Happy Valentine's Day.
The first chocolate shop I spotted when I got to Amsterdam yesterday was called Australian Homemade - made in Belgium, according to the guy behind the counter. What Australia has to do with it, I have no idea. However, about the chocolate - they were pretty, the whole cocoa transfer thing is certainly popular in all the shops here so far. the truffles were large and square, fashionably stacked on transparent tiles, and while the flavors weren't all that unusual, they were pretty good. fresh with a good soft ganache. I also tried something called a "bonzer" which was incredible, a lemon/ginger cream layer thing with cashews enrobed in dark chocolate. Still not sure that the actual definition of bonzer is... I tried to go to their website so I could be better informed before writing this, but it froze up the computer at the internet coffeeshop I'm in right now.
