KoKo Black, Lygon St

So picture a cold, wet, miserable Friday night and you probably start thinking chocolate. Actually maybe that's not everyone but we certainly think that. So we headed down to KoKo Black on Lygon St in Carlton, we had been there before for these amazing iced chocolates, so i thought why not do it again. You may well be thinking why would you want an iced drink on a cold night but that's before you have seen them. Anyway so we thought we might get one of the tasting plates which KoKo Black do. They are about $25 for a little sampler plate and two hot chocolates or iced chocolates. Beware the small print however as the iced chocolates incur a $1 charge per person (definitely worth it however).



We ended up siting in these huge old chairs which looked like they belonged in front of an open fire. Very comfortable but slightly awkward with a tiny table in the middle. It didn't take too long for the plate to come out and the iced chocolates which looked as they should. Unfortunately the taste was not up to scratch this time. The ice cream in the iced chocolate had ice through it which was pretty bad. Apart from that though the iced chocolates weren't too bad.




The next thing to try was the chocolate ice cream, well now that was just amazing. Velvety smooth just the way the ice cream in my iced chocolate should have been. That was gone extremely quickly :). Moving on to the chocolate mousse ...... mmmmmm .....chocolate mousse.... gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. Comes out with a small sprinkle of crushed peanuts on the top and when you dip your spoon into this little bowl and pull out some of this beautiful mousse, you will be addicted. My suggestion is to go for the mousse first when sharing cause then you get more. Just a suggestion. Next up there was the little chocolates which are filled with a light brandy gooey fudge. I'm pretty sure they bring out different once each time but KoKo Black does chocolate very well so whatever is on your plate i am positive it will be fantastic. The shortbread is shortbread, i mean...well...its shortbread. Moving on to the little chocolate cake. Bit disappointing actually cause it looks lovely but it was a little dry for me and Laura thought the same.



All in all though i would definitely go back and would encourage anyone who hasn't been to head out and try it. Great place to relax with chocolate.