Vosges Chocolate on Monkland!
Hurray, hurray, hurray! The Epicerie Gourmet store on Monkland carries 3 flavours of the Vosges chocolate bars! I asked if they would be getting more, but it doesn't sound like it, at least not for now. No matter, I picked up my fave, the Goji Bar, with goji berries and pink Himalayan salt--yum yum! It is a tad overpriced ($12 once taxes are added on), but since I haven't seen it anywhere else in the city, I paid with a smile. If anyone knows of any other stores in Montreal that carry this delightful chocolate, please post!!
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cherylmtl
Feb 4, 2008 05:57 PM
Le Vrac du Marche (second floor of Atwater Market) now stocks them too.
I picked up a pile of different flavoured bars, and some truffles, at one of the Vosges shops this weekend, and am currently working my way through them... I am currently enjoying the Mo's Bacon Bar - chocolate, bacon, salt - what's not to like? Although Goji is still my favourite so far (and they're only $7.50 measly US dollars there, which explains why I got a little carried away with my purchases...) -
I now officially regret pointing to La Vieille Europe, because when I stopped by this afternoon, they were all out of the Mo's bacon bar. You guys ate all my chocolate!
Perhaps better for my wallet.
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re: foodismyfriend
I don't know what parts made you cry but if you tell me I can work on it.
La Vielle Europe is having a Valrhona sale, 56% chocolate bars for $4.
I bought the rest of the flavors they had from Vosges and the cash girl told me they have tons in stock cos they know people like this product. She even said I had "good tastes".
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re: kpzoo
Monkland can handle the gourmet stores but this one, imho, misjudged how much people were willing to pay for high end products. Locals would certainly be willing to pay an extra dollar or two for convenience but some of their vinegars were $20 or more beyond what one would pay at Douceurs du Marche or Latina.
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re: eat2much
lorie
Nov 30, 2007 07:40 PM
I noticed it papered over yesterday but one of the employees was going in and out and talking on a phone. Then today, still papered over, but I noticed a new decal on the window advertising that they specialize in fine quebec cheeses.
Not sure what this means for the chocolate....
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re: lorie
They were just doing some Christmas decorating and adding to their stock. Incredibly overpriced as they are, they have a lot of hard-to-find products and service is grand. I think they might be around for a while.....or at least until Maitre Boucher opens in their new location up the road.
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La Vieille Europe carries most bars, including the recently released bacon and salt one, and it is a tad cheaper I think.
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re: Campofiorin
It is very yummy. Just a little bit bacon is added, along with smoked salt. The end result is smoky and smooth (Vosges makes one of the few milk chocolates I like), rather than bacony-salty.
Here is the product info:
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re: emerilcantcook
With the Epicerie Gourmet being within walking distance, it makes more sense for me to head there----but they don't have the bacon & salt bar (which I can't wait to try), nor do they have my other faves of curry& coconut and that red fire one.....so I will schlep across town unless someone knows of another place in town stocking Vosges. Thanks for letting me know!
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re: swissfoodie
Thanks. I got two Vosges bars from La Vieille Europe friday night(Mo's Bacon Bar & Woolloomooloo Bar). Haven't tried them yet. I first became aware the Vosges bars becoming available in Montreal area, several months ago, when I saw it at a West Island gourmet food shop(can't remember the name, as I'm very rarely in the West Island). I didn't buy then, as they were charging probably in the $11-12 range going from memory.
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re: swissfoodie
I also just tried the bacon and salt bar. It is good, but I wasn't blown away. I've had the truffles from Vosges, and I have liked them very much, so I was a bit disappointed by the bacon bar for the following reasons. Firstly, I adore bacon. I love the smoky crispy fatty flavour of bacon, I love the smell of bacon frying in my kitchen, I love the hot fat and the crispy meat. Bacon is an experience. The bacon in the bar has none of what I love about bacon. And I'm not sure you can capture the experience in this format. I don;t think you want gobs of crispy fat in your chocolate bar. As for heat, well it's physically impossible due to the melting point of chocolate. The bacon in the bar is slightly chewy, not crispy. If you didn't know it was bacon, you might not figure it out. It could just as easily be beef jerky. Which leads to my second point. I do think the chocolate bacon flavour could work. Think about black mole sauce, which combines cocoa and smoky chiles. So yes to the idea. But in the bar, the flavour of the bacon seems a bit muted. Would the bar work if the flavour of bacon was stronger? Possibly not, it might turn off a lot of people. But to paraphrase, "Do your business or get off the pot". If you want to give an extreme food experience, then give it.
Now don't get me wrong, it is a tasty bar, and a surprisingly accessible product. I would eat it again... but not at $10/bar. I will however shell out for the curry and coconut and the wasabi bars, which I think are more successful, and are quite special. And I love hot chile in chocolates, which is a classic combination. I think spices work better in chocolate than chunks of meat.
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re: moh
Hmmm, looks like I'm not alone, see the recent thread:
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/406783
Other people seem to need more bacon flavour too.
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