Friends are essential to an enjoyable life and every now and then, you may come across one that ends up being your very best friend in the world. Conversely, you may also come across ones that you befriend only for a very short while before realising that they weren't quite right for you. I used to have a very strange friend. Our friendship didn't last for very long and it was during the start of High School so it was a tumultuous time at best but she was one of those friends that delighted inlaughing at you, not with you.
One time, we went to the movies. We picked her up from her Double Bay residence. I wondered what her place was like as she was always proclaiming that she would become an interior decorator and that her apartment was faaabulous, but before I could get out of the car and ring her doorbell she bounded down the front stairs. We bought snacks before settling in at the cinema. I bought a bag of Twisties-we were only allowed chips at parties so these were my first item of choice. I don't even rememberthe movie but when we came out we went shopping for a while before she turned to me and pointed at me and laughed hysterically.
"I didn't tell you but you have a bright orange ring of cheese around your mouth!!!" she said pointing at me in the middle of the street and laughing bent over.
I tried to scrub it off as quickly as possible but that only made her laugh harder. "You look SO stupid! You're such a dork! Loser!" she said wiping away tears and still pointing at me.
Flushed and embarrassed, I quickly decided that this was not the friendship for me and we never hung out again. To me, friends tell each other when there is spinach in the teeth.
This nama chocolate may come with a warning. It's moreish so you may find yourself with a ring of cocoa around your mouth. What is nama chocolate? Well it's a Japanese phenomenon. I was first introduced to it by an NQN reader Anne-Maree who was so smitten by it that she gave me some from her Japan travels to taste. It's a soft chocolate with a high pure cream content so that it needs to be refrigerated.
It is sold under the brand _Royce _and name simply means "raw" or "fresh" which in this case is the cream. Served as small cocoa dusted rectangles, you take one of their little plastic picks to pick up a soft square where it melts in your mouth. As a bonus, it is also very easy to make. And those learned cooks may look at the ingredients and surmise that it is like a soft ganache and you would be right.
I found the recipe on Nami's gorgeous blog a while back and thought that I'd save it for Valentines Day. Then I bought some Amedei Chuao chocolate from Tania who works at the wholesaler Lario. For those unfamiliar with Amedei Chuao, it is one of the most expensive chocolates on the market and is a smooth, dark chocolate without a hint of bitterness. Use the best quality chocolate you can find orindeed, your favourite chocolate.
By the way, I did see this friend again. She was taking tickets on a public transport system. "Is that you B?" I asked her. "Yes" she answered tightly crossing her arms defensively, I guess perhaps waiting for me to say something. I didn't, I mean decades had passed, although it made me think that I guess life doesn't always turn out how you want it!
So tell me Dear Reader, do you tell friends when they have spinach in their teeth? And what's your favourite chocolate?
Recipe adapted from Just One Cookbook
400g best quality chocolate
250ml fresh cream
20g butter
1 tablespoon honey
liqueur of your choice (optional)
cocoa for sifting
Step 1 - Line a square tin (about 8x8 inches) with baking parchment.
Step 2 - Chop the chocolate into pieces to make it easier to melt and place in a large bowl along with the butter and honey. Heat the cream until almost boiling and then pour over the chocolate mixture, stirring to combine. Add the liqueur if you are using it. Pour into the prepared tin and allow to set in the fridge.
Step 3 - Cut into squares with a hot knife - this is to prevent the chocolate from splintering when you cut it. Run knife under hot water and dry on a tea towel before each cut. Dust in cacoa powder and store in the fridge.
Nama in Japanese means raw. Here it refers to pureness and freshness. Nama chocolate is a type of ganache, which is made from a mix of melted cacao and fresh cream. As the mixture solidifies, the block of chocolate is cut into pieces and sprinkled with cocoa powder on top.
Bryan Cheng (hereinafter “BC”): They all have a strong cacao flavor and a strong taste, but not heavy at all. They all melt like snow in your mouth. “Au Lait” is perfect in all aspects from the cacao flavor to sweetness and bitterness. I like this one the most and I can eat it endlessly.
A. With proper storage, the shelf life of Nama Chocolate is 1 month. We recommend keeping your Nama Chocolate refrigerated and consuming it as soon as possible. Q.
Royce Nama chocolates are a type of ganache, which is a type of smooth chocolate filling that is in a more solid state. These chocolates are very creamy and very rich in flavor. They're so silky and moist that they instantly melt in your mouth.
The Nama mild cacao is a sweeter, liquor-free Nama variant, made with milk chocolate and leaves a silky-smooth aftertaste. If white chocolate does the trick for you, try our Nama Mild White Chocolate. A Nama Chocolate with a mild and mellow taste of fresh Hokkaido cream blended with delicate white chocolate.
Nama Chocolates and Petite Truffes must be kept in refrigeration storage at all times. Potatochip Chocolates require room temperature storage only. Select Nama Chocolate flavors have exterior packaging without plastic covering or wrapping.
Clear eyes vision – fresh nama chocolate will help you
A research made by scientists of Reading University (UK) show that chocolate can the effect of improving the flow of blood to retina ; bringing many benefits to the health of our eyes. Therefore, if you often eat black chocolate, it will improve your vision.
Nama chocolate is decadent and silky smooth with a luxurious richness and creaminess that melts in your mouth. Because we used bittersweet chocolate, it's perfectly balanced between sweet and bitter.
Because of the fresh cream, we must refrigerate Nama Chocolate at all times and enjoy them within 4 days of making them. You can also keep in the freezer for up to a month. If you're planning to give Nama Chocolate as a gift, make sure to let the gift receiver know to consume soon.
A. Most ROYCE' Chocolates can be kept for 3 months or till the expiry date printed, whichever is earlier. However, please note that Nama, Petite Truffe and Potatochip Chocolate have an expiry of 1 month only. However, they must be stored in a cool, dry place and away from direct sunlight, heat and humidity.
Are ROYCE' Chocolates Halal certified? ROYCE' chocolates are not certified Halal as some of our chocolates contain liquor. However, the majority of our chocolate selection is entirely liquor-free and gelatin-free, made from plant-based ingredients.
Nama Chocolate was first invented in 1988 by Masakazu Kobayashi, who was the owner and chef of a sweets shop called Sils Maria. He named it Nama Chocolate, or Nama Choco for short. In 1993, Kobayashi joined the big snacks company Meiji to release a chocolate product called Meltykiss.
Temperature plays a big part in. maintaining the quality and richness of the Royce' taste, and we recommend keeping storage. temperatures at a crisp 7-15 degrees Celsius.
Clear eyes vision – fresh nama chocolate will help you
A research made by scientists of Reading University (UK) show that chocolate can the effect of improving the flow of blood to retina ; bringing many benefits to the health of our eyes. Therefore, if you often eat black chocolate, it will improve your vision.
Through acquiring the best techniques and enriching our experience, we are able to make chocolate of world-class quality in Hokkaido where the climate and the clean air are ideal for making confections. The fundamental principle of Royce' has been and will always be the painstaking sourcing of high quality ingredients.
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Introduction: My name is Roderick King, I am a cute, splendid, excited, perfect, gentle, funny, vivacious person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.
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