.FOOrD BLOrG. cHorcolorts

Oh experimentation! New experiences! Variations! The excitement of going beyond the familiar! So many positive things can be said about straying form the well worn path of the ordinary. Last night for instance, Sarah and I went to Aviary on Alberta and we had things we have never tried before : pigs ear, goji berries, lotus bulb, and beer ice cream with a coffee gelee to name a few. Aviary succeeded for us because those steering it from the kitchen are not taking the well worn path of the ordinary. They aren't settling for the tired farm to table trend where pretty much all those restaurants serve the same dishes driven by the seasons. (Yawn. I get it asparagus is in season. Yippee!)

There is however a chance that straying the well worn path will end in unfavorable results. Today is a day for that story. You see, two weeks ago Sarah and I went on another adventure to a food pod on Belmont. (The sandwich place LARDO is awesome btw.) Before walking back to the car Sarah said she wanted to check out a strip of businesses and see what is there. One of the places was called CHOCOLAB. I know, I am not a big chocolate person but I had to see what this was all about. I was hoping it was a laboratory run by an actual chocolate labrador who scampered about barking nonsense to its employees who don't speak dog and make bad personal choices like working for a dog.....sadly it wasn't. What it was/is, is a chocolate shop that had some things to offer my blorg. Now we could have chosen a marshmellow something and a carmel something but we didn't. We chose 4 different truffles. You can see the flavors below:
Sorry about the blurry pic. Our pals Keith and Erin came over that night and the four of us split these four truffles. Here is the breakdown:

BLUEBERRY BASIL

Sarah-Tastes grainy...could be the glitter.

Keith-eh. Nothing great.

Erin- Tastes like chocolate.

dirk- Not great chocolate.

(This really was the most unremarkable truffle I have had. Forgettable at best.)

STRAWBERRY BALSAMIC

Sarah- Tastes like dried strawberries.

Keith-Tastes like the chocolate that wonka allows the oompa loompas to eat. You know, not the good stuff.

Erin- It is like eating uncooked brownies.

dirk- It is also gritty. I get no balsamic at all.
BLACKBERRY PINK PEPPERCORN-

Sarah-If you blindfolded a person they would think this is blue cheese.

Keith- Bad cheese. I taste bad cheese.

Erin-I taste a little basil..?

dirk-It tastes like earthy blue cheese. That seems pretty far off target from blackberry peppercorn which I taste neither of.

MEYER LEMON CURRY

Sarah-It really smells like curry. I kinda want to puke

Keith- Acrid.

Erin-It tastes like christmas's assh*le.

dirk-Horrid. Sticks in your craw making it hard to talk.

This last flavor was the worst!!!! So foul and unbalanced. These seem like experiments that didn't turn out. Like they should be in the sale bin. Not 2.50 each for a tiny disgusting truffle. They lady at chocolab had said they had changed their name. I am guessing that will happen again because selling sick snacks is bad for business.

Now lets review: trying new or different things is great!! But prepare yourself for some not so great experiences along the way and learn to laugh at those times rather than being bitter and sour. (like these truffles) Now if you'll excuse me I need to take this labrador into the vet cuz somebody taped test tubes to his paws and there was an acccident with a bunsun burner.....which didn't involve me. hmmm.

(Below you can see how much of each tiny truffle was left after four adults tried them. That is some darn gross chorcolorts!)
BLECH.