Xococava is a new upscale chocolate boutique that recently opened in the Yonge & St. Clair neighbourhood of Toronto. Xococava, (pronounced Shoco-cava) offers sweet treats courtesy of Chris McDonald, the same talented chef who owns Cava, the gourmet tapas restaurant next door.
Aside from offering such exotic and original truffles such as Black Trumpet Mushroom, Masala Chai, Chroizo and Spanish Coffee, Xococava also offers my favourite treat, ice cream!
Like the truffles, the ice cream flavours are quite tasty and imaginative. I enjoyed sampling the Honey-Canela, Chocolate Hazelnut and Mangaro Chocolate Sorbet, which was my favourite out of the three. It had a rich dark chocolate flavour that would pair well with a scoop of Espresso ice cream.
Licorice-Caramel also seemed like an interesting flavour but the Honey-Canela flavour had such an intense taste that I was concerned that the former would be too sweet. One of the helpful Chocolatiers informed me that the ratio of natural ingredients to sugar/cream/fat is much higher than other ice cream places, making their summertime treat healthier and also more true to the flavour's name.
In addition to ice cream, Xococava also features candy and desserts like black currant marshmallows, churros, biscotti, triple chocolate chunk cookies, pain au chocolat, milkshakes, heart warming "hot xocolata" and coffee.
Xococava is a reflection of our society's enhanced desire for fine desserts. From the old dingy candy store and even older Baskin Robbins that used to occupy the corner space of Delisle Court, Xococava is a huge improvement and welcome addition for those who appreciate the finer things in life.
special thanks to tasteto.com for photo #1
2 comments:
do you do anything that's not high end? or boutique?
haha I'll try. It's just that I have refined taste but I think you'll benefit from this cause I'm brining you chocolate from Xococava when I see you this weekend. Yum Yum!
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