Los ntawm cov miners nrhiav kub rau cov neeg tsim khoom ua kom taum, peb cov chocolate hauv zos muaj keeb kwm nplua nuj - ntxiv rau, qhov twg los nrhiav khoom plig qab zib hnub no

Yog tias koj taug kev txhua txoj kev mus rau Ghirardelli Square, uas yog cov neeg hauv zos tsis tshua ua, thiab nkag mus rau hauv txoj kab ntev ntawm cov neeg tuaj ncig, koj tuaj yeem hnov ​​​​nws - chocolate hauv huab cua.Ghirardelli tsis tau tsim cov qhob noom xim kasfes hauv San Francisco ntxiv lawm, tab sis qhov ntawd tsis txo qis qhov ci ntawm Original Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop, nrog nws cov cib, tooj dag, thiab ob theem 'tus nqi ntawm cov khoom qub qub thiab kev lom zem. keeb kwm tseeb.Tsis txhob hais: gooey kub fudge sundaes.Melted cia txhua hnub los ntawm wafers, lub fudge yog ultra du, nrog lub ntsej muag ntawm emulsifiers thiab stabilizers, thiab ib qho aroma uas tawm mus rau lub xwmfab tib yam li Cinnabon cinnamon scents lub khw.

Chocolate muaj keeb kwm nplua nuj nyob hauv San Francisco, los ntawm thawj cov miners nrhiav kub rau cov neeg tsim khoom niaj hnub ua kom taum.Tau txais kev saj rau qhov kev lig kev cai ua ntej - tom qab ntawd, tsuas yog nyob rau lub sijhawm rau Valentine's Day, txuas mus rau hauv qab rau qee cov lus qhia khoom plig zaum kawg.

Nws yog qhov kev lom zem uas Ghirardelli yog qhov qub tshaj plaws tsis tu ncua khiav lag luam chocolate hauv Tebchaws Meskas.Tsis tas li ntawd, thaum koj pib khawb hauv qab ntawm lub tais, koj tuaj yeem yuav luag saj tag nrho lub sijhawm ntawm Asmeskas cov khoom noj qab zib zoo nkauj - pib kom deb li deb ntawm kub Rush hnub, thaum Fabkis thiab Italian cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw thawj zaug pib tsim cov qhob noom xim kasfes ntawm qhov loj, thiab nce mus rau Scharffen Berger qhov me me-batch kiv puag ncig thaum kawg ntawm lub xyoo txhiab.Tom qab ntawd muaj Dandelion lub gleaming lub Hoobkas tshiab, uas nws California qhov kev nkag siab zoo - caum cov khoom xyaw zoo tshaj plaws thiab kho lawv kom maj mam li sai tau - yog pab coj cov khoom siv tes ua khoom qab zib niaj hnub no.Nyob rau hauv txoj kev ntawd, kev rov qab los ntawm San Francisco cov chaw ua haujlwm chocolate zoo li sifting los ntawm archives ntawm chocolate hauv Asmeskas.

Ghirardelli tau tsim nyob rau hauv 1852, zoo ua ntej Hershey's hauv 1894 los yog Nestlé Tollhouse hauv 1939. Domingo (yug Domenico) Ghirardelli yog neeg Italian neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw uas tuaj thaum lub sij hawm kub Rush, thawj zaug qhib lub khw muag khoom hauv Stockton, tom qab ntawd lub khw muag khoom qab zib ntawm Kearny.Lub Hoobkas tau tsiv mus rau Pioneer Woolen Lub Tsev ntawm ntug dej hauv xyoo 1893, qhov twg Ghirardelli Square nyob niaj hnub no.Tshwj xeeb tshaj yog, nws tau dim ntawm av qeeg xyoo 1906, rov qab mus ua lag luam tom qab tsuas yog 10 hnub.Nws cov hnub ua lag luam me me hauv San Francisco tau dhau los ntev dhau los, txawm li cas los xij: Tam sim no lub tuam txhab yog tus tswv los ntawm Lindt, lub ntiaj teb loj heev, thiab nws cov qhob noom xim kasfes yog mis nyuj qab zib thiab loj tsim ntawm nws cov chaw hauv San Leandro.

Dab tsi tsis paub zoo yog tias San Francisco tseem yog lub tsev rau ib tsev neeg qub tshaj plaws uas muaj cov khoom lag luam chocolate hauv lub tebchaws: Guittard, uas tau tswj kom nyob twj ywm ywj pheej thiab txawm hloov mus rau ntau pua xyoo.Lub tuam txhab tau tsim nyob rau hauv 1868, tsuas yog 16 xyoo tom qab Ghirardelli, thiab txhua leej txhua tus tau tsis meej pem tus yeeb ncuab thawj G's puas tau txij li thaum.Etienne ("Eddy") Guittard yog ib tug neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw Fab Kis uas tau tshwm sim me ntsis lig rau kev maj, thiab hloov mus nrhiav nws cov hmoov zoo hauv kev sib tsoo, khaws cov miners hauv kas fes, tshuaj yej, thiab chocolate.Nws thawj lub Hoobkas ntawm Sansome tau kub hnyiab hauv av qeeg, thiab tsev neeg rov tsim dua tshiab ntawm Main, nyob ze ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv uas cov nkoj thauj tau taum.Ua txoj hauv kev rau txoj kev loj, lub Hoobkas thaum kawg tau tsiv mus rau Burlingame hauv xyoo 1954, thiab nws tau khiav los ntawm plaub thiab tsib tiam ntawm tsev neeg niaj hnub no.

Gary Guittard, tus thawj tswj hwm tam sim no thiab tiam thib plaub ntawm tsev neeg, tseem nco ntsoov mus ncig lub Hoobkas qub ntawm Main thaum muaj hnub nyoog 6 xyoo, caum nws tus tij laug hla lub tsev nqaim thiab winding peb-zaj dab neeg cib, thiab tau txais kev ntxias kom saj qhov iab. chocolate cawv.“Nws txias heev.Kuv yuav muab txhua yam uas tseem muaj [lub tsev ntawd] hnub no, ”Guittard hais.“Koj puas xav txog?Nws yog tsaus thiab tsis loj heev.Feem ntau kuv nco qab cov ntxhiab tsw.Peb roasted ntawm peb pem teb, thiab tsuas yog tsw tsw ntawm qhov chaw.”

Tab sis thaum Asmeskas cov qhob noom xim kasfes tau raug tso tseg los ntawm lwm lub ntiaj teb vim yog mis nyuj thiab qab zib, Scharffen Berger tau tawg mus rau hauv lub nroog thaum kawg ntawm lub xyoo pua xyoo thiab tau ua ib qho qauv ntawm cov qhob noom xim kasfes hauv tsev uas muaj kuab heev thiab qab.Robert Steinberg, tus kws kho mob yav dhau los, thiab John Scharffenberger, tus kws tsim khoom lag luam, tau tsim lub tuam txhab hauv xyoo 1997, nqa oenophile lub palate rau kev lag luam.Tsis zoo li cov neeg tsim khoom yav dhau los, lawv tau noj cov qhob noom xim kasfes nkaus li cawv.Scharffen Berger pib roasting thiab sib tsoo taum nyob rau hauv me me batch, nqa tawm darker thiab ua yeeb yam tsw.Qhov tseem ceeb, lub tuam txhab thov tias nws yog thawj zaug muab cov feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov cacao rau ntawm cov ntawv, yam tsawg kawg hauv Tebchaws Meskas, coj txoj hauv kev rau tag nrho lub tebchaws.

Scharffenberger sai sai ua cov phooj ywg zoo li lub siab nyob rau hauv lub zos chocolate scene.Michael Recchiuti yog ib tug neeg ua khoom qab zib hauv zos uas tsis ua chocolate rau nws tus kheej, tab sis melts thiab shapes nws mus rau hauv truffles thiab confections, ib tug txawv kev txawj ntse.("Hauv Fab Kis, kuv yuav raug hu ua fondeur lossis melter," nws qhia meej.) Nws tau pib nws tus kheej ua lag luam tib lub xyoo xws li Scharffen Berger, muag cov khoom qab zib nrog txhua yam los ntawm kev ua liaj ua teb-tshiab txiv qaub verbena rau liab peppercorns ntawm Ferry Tsev. .Thaum teeb tsa khw, thaum nws hnov ​​​​txog dab tsi Scharffenberger tau ua."Kuv zoo li, qhov ntawd txias heev, tsis muaj leej twg ua chocolate," nws hais."Nws zoo li daim ntawv tso quav tso quav - txhua tus siv chocolate rau kev tso cai.Tsis muaj leej twg xav txog qhov twg los ntawm. "Recchiuti hais tias nws yuav tsis hnov ​​​​qab thaum Scharffenberger tshwm sim ntawm nws lub qhov rooj nrog ib qho ntawm thawj qhov loj ntawm cov qhob noom xim kasfes los muab nws lub zog saj.

"Thaum John Scharffenberger tuaj rau ntawm qhov chaw, nws hloov peb lub tswv yim tiag tiag," Guittard hais."Nws qhib kuv lub qhov muag ntawm chocolate tsw."Guittard pom tau hais tias yog nws yawm txiv lub tuam txhab yuav los sib tw hauv lub xyoo txhiab xyoo tom ntej, nws yuav tsum tau hloov zuj zus.Nws pib ya mus rau Ecuador, Jamaica, thiab Madagascar mus ntsib tus neeg ua liaj ua teb, qhov chaw nws tau khiav mus rau Steinberg ntawm tshav dav hlau nyob deb.Nws hais tias nws tau siv rau rau lossis xya xyoo thaum kawg txiav txim siab yuav ua li cas thiaj ua tau ib qho chocolate zoo dua."Peb hloov txhua yam: sijhawm, kub, tsw.Peb rov cob qhia tag nrho pab neeg thiab muab cov kev txwv nruj dua rau txhua kauj ruam, kom coj tawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv txhua lub noob taum.Peb hloov kho los ntawm taum, vim tias koj tsis tuaj yeem ci thiab zom Ecuador zoo li Madagascar.Nws tag nrho nyob ntawm qhov taum nyiam. "

Nees nkaum xyoo tom qab, Dandelion Chocolate yog lub luminary tom ntej, noj cov qhob noom xim kasfes uas muaj zog thiab tawg nws tawm mus rau hauv cov profile sib txawv.Dandelion tau qhib nws qhov chaw tshiab dazzling ntawm Txoj Kev 16 xyoo tas los, thiab nws hwm txoj kev coj noj coj ua ntawm cov chaw tsim khoom chocolate uas tuaj ua ntej, ua tiav nrog cov cib, cov kab loj loj, thiab cov ntsiab lus tooj dag.Tab sis Dandelion txoj kev xav yog tib lub hauv paus chiv keeb: Txhua bar ntawm chocolate, qhwv zoo li daim pib golden, nta ib hom taum los ntawm ib qho chaw.Dandelion tsuas yog siv taum cacao thiab qab zib, yog li tsis muaj dab tsi los npog qhov ntshiab tsw ntawm taum.Tsis zoo li cov tuam txhab loj, xws li Hershey's lossis Ghirardelli, uas rub lawv cov taum feem ntau los ntawm Africa, ci lawv txhua tus ntawm qhov kub thiab txias, thiab tom qab ntawd muab tso rau hauv ntau cov additives kom lawv saj zoo, nws yog ib qho kev ua kom zoo dua.Thiab ntxiv rau qhov muab feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov ntawv sau, lawv ntxiv cov ntawv sau, los ntawm brownies thiab bananas rau tart liab txiv hmab txiv ntoo thiab sultry haus luam yeeb.

"Muaj ntau yam khoom qab zib tshwj xeeb uas kuv tau ua haujlwm nrog," hais tias tus kws ua zaub mov Lisa Vega, uas ua txhua yam khoom qab zib hauv tsev noj mov thiab khw.“Piv txwv li, hais tias koj xav ua ib lub ncuav qab zib.Koj mus rau cov neeg ua liaj ua teb ua lag luam thiab sim tag nrho cov txiv apples sib txawv, uas txhua tus muaj cov ntawv sib txawv thiab textures, txawm tias tart lossis crunchy.Thaum kawg koj tau txais kev paub txog chocolate hauv txoj kev ntawd, thaum koj nkag mus rau txhua qhov sib txawv no. "Yog tias koj tsuas tau muaj Ghirardelli cov mis nyuj chocolate squares, noj thawj zaug ntawm Dandelion bar yog ib qho kev sib txawv wildly.Dandelion piav qhia txog qhov tsw ntawm ib qho bar ua los ntawm ib lub vaj tse hauv Costa Rica uas muaj "cov ntawv sau ntawm golden caramel, ganache, thiab waffle cone."Lwm, los ntawm Madagascar, evokes tart txiv hmab txiv ntoo, nyob rau hauv daim ntawv ntawm "raspberry cheesecake thiab txiv qaub zest."

Ghirardelli thiab Scharffen Berger yog tam sim no ob leeg muaj los ntawm cov tuam txhab loj, Ghirardelli los ntawm Lindt thiab Scharffen Berger los ntawm Hershey's.(Robert Steinberg tuag nyob rau hauv 2008 thaum muaj hnub nyoog 61, ob peb xyoos tom qab John Scharffenberger muag lub tuam txhab, nyob rau hauv 2005.) Guittard thiab Dandelion yog nqa nyob rau hauv lub zos kev lig kev cai."Kuv tus kheej, Kuv xav tias ntau lub tuam txhab taum-rau-bar tab tom tsim qhov [Scharffenberger] tau ua," Guittard xav txog."Kuv xav tias Dandelion yog ntau ntawm cov khw muag khoom thiab tsev noj mov kev paub, uas yog qhov zoo rau chocolate, thiab zoo rau tib neeg kom nkag siab zoo dua cov txheej txheem."Nyob rau hauv plawv ntawm Dandelion Factory, Bloom Chocolate Salon yog lub tsev noj mov zaum rooj noj tshais, yav tav su tshuaj yej, lub davhlau ntawm cov ncuav qab zib, lub davhlau ntawm ice cream, thiab ntawm chav kawm, kub chocolate.Yog tias Scharffenberger yog tus trailblazer, Dandelion yog thaum kawg coj ntau xim rau cov khoom siv tes ua, showcasing cov txheej txheem chocolate-ua hauv lub Hoobkas uas yog pob tshab, nrog iav qhov rais cia cov neeg siv khoom saib cov txheej txheem bar.

Rov qab mus rau ntau pua xyoo, tseem muaj ntau txoj hauv kev los saj San Francisco cov nplua nuj chocolate keeb kwm: khawb rau hauv ib qho kub fudge sundae ntawm Ghirardelli Square, ci ib pawg ntawm brownies nrog Scharffen Berger's tsaus squares, ua ncuav qab zib nrog Guittard's puav pheej-winning chocolate chips. , los yog savoring Dandelion cov tuav ua los ntawm taum ncig ntawm txoj kab nruab nrab.Thiab yog tias koj xav tau ib lub thawv ntawm chocolates rau koj tus hlub lossis koj tus kheej, koj tuaj yeem mus ntsib Recchiuti ntawm Ferry Tsev.Recchiuti, zoo li feem ntau chocolatiers thiab pastry kws ua zaub mov, nyiam Valrhona, Fabkis hom uas yog tus qauv kub hauv chav ua noj.Tab sis nws kuj dabbles hauv Guittard, uas muag rau ib tug puv tes ntawm lwm lub zos cov khw nojmov, bakeries, thiab creameries zoo li, nrog rau Mister Jiu's, Che Fico, Jane Bakery, thiab Bi-Rite Creamery.

"Ntau tus neeg ua mov ci hauv tsev paub peb dhau ntawm txoj kab ci," hais tias Amy Guittard, uas koom nrog nws txiv ua tiam thib tsib ntawm tsev neeg."Tab sis kuv ib txwm hais, tej zaum koj yuav noj ntau dua ntawm peb cov chocolate ntau dua li koj paub."

Cramming mus nrhiav qhov khoom plig Valentine hnub kawg?Nov yog xya lub tswv yim uas muaj cov qhob noom xim kasfes uas tau ua tiag tiag ntawm no hauv San Francisco.Nyiaj tshwj xeeb: Lawv txhua tus muaj cov ntim zoo nkauj.

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