Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai aku i nā huahana Laurent Gerbaud ma ka cafe ma Raven Ravenstein, ʻaʻole mamao loa mai Brussels Central Station.
He nani ʻo Laurent Gerbaud, piha i ka hoihoi, a me ka ʻakaʻaka e like me Grande Place.ʻO koʻu manaʻo kokoleka kēia.Akā no kēia kanaka, ʻoi aku ka nui ma waho o ka nānā ʻana i kona mau maka: He kanaka naʻauao ʻo Laurent, ʻo kona ʻimi no ka huakaʻi a me ka ʻōlelo-hiki iā ia ke ʻōlelo maʻalahi i ka Mandarin-no kāna lawelawe maikaʻi loa.
"No Kina mai koʻu hoʻoikaika ʻana," i ʻōlelo mai ai ʻo Laurent iaʻu ma ka cafe o ka inoa like ma ke alanui Raven Ravenstein.Ua hele mua ʻo Laurent i Shanghai ma ke ʻano he haumāna, akā ua hoʻohihi nui ʻia ʻo ia i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe kamaʻāina e pili ana i ke kokoleka-a ʻike ʻo ia i ke koʻikoʻi ke ana ʻana i kekahi ʻano kīʻaha Kina.He kūpono ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua hoʻololi ka ʻike o ka noho ʻana ma laila i ka ʻono o Laurent.Ma hope o kona hoʻi ʻana i Belgium, ʻo kāna kūleʻa kūʻai nui mua loa ʻo ia nā kumquats i uhi ʻia i ke kokoleka.
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No nā makahiki ʻewalu e hiki mai ana, kūʻai aku ʻo Laurent i kāna mau kokoleka ma kahi hale kūʻai ma ka mākeke ʻo Boitsfort ma Brussels, me ka hāʻawi pū ʻana i nā meaʻai i kuke ʻia.A laila i ka makahiki 2009, ua wehe ʻo ia i kahi cafe a me kahi hale hana, ʻo kāna mantra ʻo "ka liʻiliʻi o ke kō, ʻaʻohe waiʻona, inu hou i ka koko".Nui aʻe nā mea ʻai meaʻai.Ua wehewehe ʻo ia: "ʻAʻole au i hoʻohana i nā hua i loko o ke kokoleka, a me ka wai niu ma kahi o ka waiū i loko o kekahi mau hui.""Ma ka pōʻino a ʻaʻole ma ka hoʻolālā ʻana, ma kahi o ka hapalua o kaʻu mau huahana he vegan."
He kahu palaoa ko Laurent kupunakane, a he hana ko'iko'i ia i ka po me ka uku nui, no laila, ua papa aku kona kupunawahine i kana mau keiki e hahai ma na kapuai o kana kane.Eia naʻe, ua mau ka ʻono o nā keke hou, nā waffles a me nā pai i loko o ka noʻonoʻo o ka moʻopuna, e lūlū ana i nā hua no kāna ʻoihana hope loa.
I koʻu kipa ʻana i ke keena o Laurent, ʻo ka mea mua aʻu i ʻike ai, ʻo ia ka ʻaila ʻaila a me ke kokoleka brioche e hoʻoulu ʻia ana i loko o ka mīkini hoʻoheheʻe.A laila, ninini ʻo ia i loko o ka ʻōpala a maʻalili, ʻoiai e hui pū ana i nā mea ʻē aʻe: pistachio, cashew, sultana, fig, apricot maloʻo, cranberry, papaya, ginger, cocoa nibs, hazelnut, a me ka ʻono ʻĀsia Hikina e like me ka mea maʻamau -Ma kēia. ʻO ka hihia, ʻo eiyokan a me uzu nā hua citrus Iapana.Ma hope o ka paʻa ʻana o ke kokoleka, kāpīpī ʻia nā mea ʻē aʻe ma luna.ʻO kā lākou haku mele ʻana he nani loa, e like me nā kiʻi pena a Jackson Pollock.
Ma mua o koʻu haʻalele ʻana, e lawe wau i ka "Gerbaud Taste Test".Ua ho'āʻo au i kahi ʻāpana kokoleka nui (superior), a laila hoʻāʻo i kāna mau hana hou he 12, ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻili ʻili (nui), candied ginger (mea maʻamau), sesame pralines (kahaha) a me nā fig maloʻo (ke Akua).A laila, ho'āʻo hou au i ka hoʻolaha pāʻoihana.Ua haʻi au iā ia, "I kēia manawa ua like ia me ka pepa pahu."“Pono!”Ua hoʻōho ʻo ia a paʻi i kona mau lima.
I koʻu haʻalele ʻana i ka cafe, ʻike wau i kahi huaʻōlelo ma ka paia: "Ua ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka Chocolate ma mua o ka honi."Ua maopopo loa kekahi.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai aku i nā huahana Laurent Gerbaud ma ka cafe ma Raven Ravenstein, ʻaʻole mamao loa mai Brussels Central Station.No ke aʻo ʻana e pili ana i ka hana kokoleka a me ka manawa kūpono e komo ai i ka 'Gerbaud Taste Test', e ʻoluʻolu e kākau i kahi wahi ma kāna papa hana Pōʻaono, e kūʻai ʻia ana mai 11.30 a 13.00 (35 euros / 32 paona no kēlā me kēia kanaka).
Loaʻa i nā kukui a Laurent Gerbaud nā pistachios, cashews, sultanas, fig, apricots maloʻo, cranberries, papaya, ginger, cocoa nibs, hazelnuts a me kekahi mau meaʻai o Asia Hikina e like me eiyokan a me ka uzu.He hua citrus Iapana.
Ua wehe ʻo Paul A Young, ka mea nāna i mālama i ka pastry ʻo Marco Pierre White, i kāna hale kūʻai mua ma Ladana ma 2006. Mai ia manawa, ua piʻi kona kaulana ma muli o nā hōʻike TV pinepine a me nā papa kumu maʻamau, ʻaʻole e haʻi i kāna mau hana kokoleka kupaianaha.
Makemake ʻo David Maenhout (David Maenhout) a me David (David Maenhout) i nā mea ʻono hema, e like me ka umami sesame pralines i hoʻohana ʻia e Imperial ma Iapana.Ua lanakila kāna gin a me ka tonic dark chocolate i ka mekala gula ma Lākana i ka makahiki 2017.
Ua hele ʻo William Curley mai ka haumāna o ka Hotele Gleneagles a i ke chef a me ka mea kuke ʻai o The Savoy.ʻO William kekahi mea akamai i ka ʻai.ʻAʻole ia e hoʻohana i nā mea hoʻohui, nā kala a me nā preservatives.Ua lanakila 'o ia i ka Academy of Chocolate's Best Chocolatier Award 'ehā manawa, a ua kū'ai 'o ia i kāna mau kokoleka maika'i, macaroons a me nā kuki ma Harrods.
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