Food Diary on Brisbane Chocolate

Food Diary on Brisbane Chocolate

Whenever chocolate is mentioned, it is inevitable that Switzerland, Belgium, and the U.S.A. will pop up in our head.  In fact, Australia has international cuisines and is also an agriculture country.  You will find many raw chocolate ingredients, manufacturing technologies and consumers taste here. Today, I will introduce to you several gourmet chocolatiers in Brisbane.   

First, Max Brenner Chocolate Bar in South Bank

Max Brenner is a chocolatier from Israel.  It has over 50 branches worldwide, in Tokyo, Osaka, New York, Philadelphia, Sidney, Melbourne, etc.  It also has many branches in Australia.  The name of the brand is taken from the names of the two founders, Max Fichtman and Oded Brenner.  It is said that the first branch in 1996 was opened in Australia.  It right away was beloved by Australians who love sweets.  It, later on, became a recommended sweets store for Australia tourists.  

        When I walked in the store, I immediately smelled a strong cocoa aroma in the air, not overwhelmingly sweet.  The décor of the store is low key with classic wooden color, or I should describe it as the chocolate color.  So many kinds of beautiful chocolates make it so hard to choose from.  On the side are two chocolate machines which are constantly churning from which the chocolate sauce flows down the pipe to the counter.  It looks really cool. 

        I ordered chocolate milk. The thick and strong aroma is completely different from an instant one made from powder.  The core value of the founders is “I invite you to watch, smell, taste, and feel my love story.”  It is truly worth it to watch, smell, taste, and feel all the happiness it brings us.

        Other than coming for the aroma and colors of Max Brenner Chocolate Bar, the nearby Southland Parkland is also another must-go tourist spot of Brisbane.  It was the chosen site of World Expo ’88.  The Brisbane river passes through here.  Later on, it was rebuilt into a citizen park with walking paths, green lawns, riverbanks, recreation equipment, and artificial white-sand beach.  People come here on weekends to enjoy outdoors, BBQ, picnic, water slides, etc.  Many international restaurants surround the park.  On the weekend, there are also markets.  It is a great place to feel the vibe of life in Australia.

Second, Noosa Chocolate Factory

        The store of Noosa Chocolate Factory, located on the Queen Street of Brisbane, is not big.  In it, you will see many pine boxes displaying all kinds bulk chocolate- covered strawberries, mangoes, walnuts, cotton candies, sesame seeds, coffee, chili peppers, etc, with different percentage of chocolate to choose from.  The customers can take the chocolate flavor and amount they love and pay by weight.  Of course, there are also prepackaged chocolate boxes to choose from.

        This time, I bought white chocolate-covered strawberries.  The taste was solid.  The slightly sour taste of the strawberries with the thick and smooth white chocolate tasted much fresher and more delicious than those from Muji kind of products.  As a custom, I must order a cup of chocolate milk.  This time I chose 35% chocolate milk.  It was so delicious that I finished it in several gulps.  I felt like to get more!  On the same street, you will find two Noosa Chocolate factory branch stores.  It tells us how popular it is. 

        After the taste bud was satisfied, I then came to shop on Queen Street.  This is the most popular shopping area in the entire Brisbane.  All department stores, duty-free shops, souvenirs shops, and restaurants, etc are located here.  You can buy many Australia souvenirs and enjoy all kinds of gourmet food.  I shopped at a cheap drug store, Pandora jewelry store, and ordered a Thai tapioca tea to soothe my missing of my hometown.  Just a few steps away is another scenic spot of classic buildings.  Because of its convenient location, many tourists stay here.  This is a spot you should not miss! 

Food Diary on Brisbane Chocolate

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