Monsieur Truffe

Address: Stall 118, Prahran Market, Commercial Rd

Well, it really has to be something pretty spectacular for me to update this blog nowadays, but this is it. This is not a restaurant per se, but a store selling the finest in artisan chocolates made by Frenchman Thibault Fregoni.

I have heard it said that here you can purchase the best truffles in Australia, and I do not think that statement is far wrong. The truffles have a bittersweet dark chocolate shell and are dusted with cocoa, which provides a nice counterpoint to the soft chocolate centres which are sweet, but not overly so.

The truffles themselves are available in a variety of flavours, most of which are cut up into petite squares ready for tasting. From memory, the flavours are Grand Marnier, Plain, Mountain Pepper, Lime, Raspberry, Passionfruit. Try the passionfruit truffle - an unusual pairing with chocolate but certainly an astute one. The tangy, summery fruit goes extremely well with the dark chocolate. A bit pricey at $7 for 6 but it is GOOD (also available in a 12 pack). They did not last 24 hours in my house.

Be sure to refrigerate the chocolates if you are not going to eat them immediately, as they contain no preservatives, and per Monsieur Thibault's instructions serve them at room temperature.

They also stock many different single origin chocolate bars which I have yet to sample.