CHOCOLATE

Fans of the cacao bean will adore

the Silo District’s new Lindt studio, writes

HE LINDT Chocolate Boutique & Studio in the Silo District of V&A Waterfront is a little corner of heaven.

Because of the low melting point of chocolate, the shop is coolly temperature controlled and the air is filled with the scent of all the chocolate goodies which wafts over you as you enter. It’s here you’ll find the full range of Lindt products, including piles of Lindor balls in many flavours not available anywhere else. You can pick ’n mix according to what you fancy, or go for colour co-ordination with all the pretty foil wrappers. You can make your own customised slab right there, with caramelised almonds and hazelnuts, dried cranberries or sea salt. It’s fairly easy to run amok here, among the chocolate bars, brownies to die for, pralines and macarons, and gelato and shakes, so make sure you pick up a loyalty card. Every little bit

Thelps. The studio also offers various classes for adults and children. When you arrive, you are kitted out in a pristine white chef ’s jacket with gold buttons, long white apron and a high chef ’s hat. So wonderful is this outfit that it is even mentioned on the website as a selling point. I think it’s an excellent one, and I wasn’t the only one in the class who was delighted at being dressed thus. I’m not very good at wearing white at the best of times, let alone when working with an abundance of chocolate, but by some miracle I got to the end of the evening more or less unmarked, so can only surmise the fabric is coated with some kind of magical repellent.

I was there for the chocolate cake class, under the tutorship of Lindt head chocolatier Dimo Simatos, who has trained and worked and competed in culinary competitions all over the world. He was assisted by Daleen van