Magical Mouthfuls

The sweet season of indulgence has arrived! For the discerning consumer chocolates have moved beyond the bar variety to more delicately conjured up specialties. A relatively new kid on the chocolate block is Brugge -La Chocolaterie that offers a delight of gourmet Belgian chocolates this Diwali. The city Brugge is situated in northwest Belgium, renowned for its rich heritage of chocolate. The chocolaterie at Dhole Patil road attempts to re create that atmosphere of sheer indulgence.

"All our ingredients are imported from Belgium, and machinery from Germany," says Usma Shaik, who runs Brugge. Each piece has a luscious ganache; a filling made by heating heavy cream, poured over chopped, dark chocolate. Each bite ensures an explosion of unique flavours. Some favourites are Hazelnut Embrace, a crunchy dark chocolate wrapped around a heart of smooth hazelnut, Caramella, milk chocolate with delicious caramel filling and Dark Seduction, rich dark chocolate. "Other manufacturers use a compound of cocoa mass and vegetable fat, we use cocoa mass with butter that gives an intense flavour and melt in your mouth experience!" says Shaikh.

Getting into the spirit of things, Brugge offers special Diwali boxes too like the Dark Temptation Box, (Bitter ganache, crunchy, milk ganache) Classic Milk Box (apricot, strawberry silk, caramella and pista) and Continental Box (cappuccino, almond delight, gianduja and lemon.).These range from Rs 550 to Rs 3000 and are packaged in crystal jars from Walterglas Germany or brocade boxes. One can even pick single pieces for Rs 25 or a box of 12 assorted chocolates for Rs 100. So treat yourself to a sublime chocolate experience this Diwali at Brugge .