Taylor Blend, ChocoChai

Taylor Blend is an amazing coffee shop tucked away Eastern suburbs of Adelaide at 34 Hallet Road, Stoneyfell next to a couple of parks. This is hugely popular on a Sunday morning with many cyclists making this a regular stopping off point for their morning coffee. Taylor Blend sells a big range of coffees and exotic hot beverages. A limited variety of premade sandwiches and desserts are also available. Taylor Blend is on the list of Internet Hot Spots that have been reviewed in this blog.

The Chocochai drink is a hot chocolate blended with Chai tea. This gives the hot chocolate a sweet and spicy flavour. It was presented with a white froth and an squiggly pattern on top in a white ceramic cup. The cost was four dollars.

Fraüs at Kibbi's

Merkel and Myrtle returned to Kibbi's Café late on Saturday evening after attending the movies. On a previous visit, Kibbi's had been all out of the Fraüs Hot Chocolate, which is one of Merkel's favourites. This evening was different. Kibbi's only had the one flavour but it was the Fraüs classic dark chocolate.

The Fraüs hot chocolate came in a Ceramic cup and indeed it was very dark. There seemed to be some sprinkles of chocolate an top and two marshmallows were provided in the saucer. The drink was hot so it need to be sipped slowly but was a good temperature for melting a dunked marshmallow. The Fraus hot chocolate which comes out of a sachet approaches the taste and consistency of the thick Italian hot chocolates that come from a chocolate mixer. It is better than the Cioconat hot chocolate in this regard. At Kibbi's the Fraüs hot chocolate cost $4.90.

Internet Hot Spots

Readers of this blog may be interested in where they can go to get wireless internet access for the laptop, ipod or other devices. More that 110 Cafes are listed by going to the internode site and selecting Café's in South Australia. About half of these have been reviewed on this blog. Readers can go to any of the following Cafés, locate Hot Chocolate: Dark Desires and check whether it is worth ordering a hot chocolate.

227 Expresso Cafe	227 North Tce	Adelaide, SA
Adelaide Central Plaza Food Court	100 Rundle Mall	Adelaide, SA
Adelaide Festival Centre	King William Rd	Adelaide, SA
Alice's Kitchen	46 Gawler St	Mount Barker, SA
Amico Café	333 King William Street	Adelaide, SA
Bean Bar, Waymouth St	60 Waymouth Street	Adelaide, SA
Bean Bar, Hindmarsh Square	151 Pirie Street	Adelaide, SA
Bean Bar, City Cross	Shop T20, James Place	Adelaide, SA
Bean Bar, Adelaide Central Market	34A Gouger St	Adelaide, SA
Boston's Café	Shop 22-23, Da Costa Arcade	Adelaide, SA
BTS Café	33A Pirie Street	Adelaide, SA
Cafe Amore	162-170 Pulteney Street	Adelaide, SA
Cafe Brunelli	187 Rundle St	Adelaide, SA
Cafe Fellini	102 O'Connell STreet	North Adelaide, SA
Cafe Marmalade	61A Edward Street	Norwood, SA
Cafe Paradiso	150A King William Rd	Hyde Park, SA
Caffe Como	108 Flinders St	Adelaide, SA
Caffe L'Incontro, Gays Arcade	16 Twin Street	Adelaide, SA
Chocolate Bean	18 Union Street	Adelaide, SA
Cibo Espresso, Gouger St	41 Gouger St	Adelaide, SA
Cibo Espresso, Adelaide	218 Rundle St	Adelaide, SA
Cibo Espresso, Norwood	161 The Parade	Norwood, SA
Cibo Espresso, Hyde Park	156 King William Rd	Hyde Park, SA
Cibo Espresso, Glenelg	15 Moseley Square	Glenelg, SA
Cibo Espresso, Adelaide	82 King William St	Adelaide, SA
Cibo Espresso, Pirie St	97 Pirie St	Adelaide, SA
Cikolatte	133 Melbourne St	North Adelaide, SA
Citrus Tree	85 Pirie Street	Adelaide, SA
De Luca's on the Park	24 Hindmarsh Square	Adelaide, SA
Deli on Pulteney	62 Pulteney St	Adelaide, SA
Dragonfly Bar	193 Victoria Sq	Adelaide, SA
East Terrace Continental Cafe	6 East Tce	Adelaide, SA
Fresh Fired	108 King William Street	Adelaide, SA
Joy Discovery Cafe	13 Bent Street	Adelaide, SA
Hahndorf Kaffehaus	51 Main St	Hahndorf, SA
Halifax Café	187 Halifax St	Adelaide, SA
Kibbis Café	185 King William Rd	Hyde Park, SA
La Piazza	70 Hindmarsh Square	Adelaide, SA
Lime2 Café	70 Light Square	Adelaide, SA
Manna Caffe	12 Waymouth Street	Adelaide, SA
Nano Ready2Go	23 Ebenezer Pl	Adelaide, SA
Pat A Cake	50 Duthy Street	Malvern, SA
Passion Fruit Dessert Bar	Shop P17, Intercontinental Hotel, North Terrace	Adelaide, SA
Perfect Cup	77 Grenfell Street	Adelaide, SA
Piazza 99	99 Gawler Place	Adelaide, SA
Providore on Parade	211A The Parade	Norwood, SA
QC on Angas	3 Angas St	Adelaide, SA
Rush Espresso Food	34 James Place	Adelaide, SA
South Australian Museum Halifax Café	North Terrace	Adelaide, SA
Scootz	441 Pulteney Street	Adelaide, SA
Serves You Right Cafe	139 Unley Rd	Unley, SA
Stax Subs and Coffee	36 Waymouth St	Adelaide, SA
Sylvias Café	Hindmarsh Square	Adelaide, SA
T Bar	100 Rundle Mall	Adelaide, SA
Taylor Blend Cafe	34 Hallett Rd	Stonyfell, SA
Tempo Café	128 Hindley St	Adelaide, SA
The Lunch Room	132 Grenfell St	Adelaide, SA
The Office	110 Pirie Street	Adelaide, SA
Totally Fresh	96 Gawler Pl	Adelaide, SA
Un Caffe Bar, King William St	1 King William St	Adelaide, SA
Un Caffe Bar, Waymouth St	11 Waymouth St	Adelaide, SA
Viva Espresso	70 Pirie St	Adelaide, SA
Zedz Café	Adelaide Central Market	Adelaide, SA

Florentines Bakehouse

This Bakery and Café is one of a group of shops at 383 Fullarton Road, Fullarton. It sells a range of cakes and sweet treats but they will also do a toasted sandwich if you need something savoury. It was one of the exhibitors in the SALA 2010 Festival but the artwork and been packed away when Merkel and Myrtle visited for breakfast after the festival. This café is neat and clean and has plenty of light coming in through the big windows.

The hot chocolate came in a white ceramic cup and was finished with a white froth and a sprinkle of chocolate powder. The drink lacked the richness and creaminess that Merkel craves in a good hot chocolate. The cost was $3.80.

Seven Stars Hotel

The Seven Stars Hotel at 187 Angas Street Adelaide does not look much on the outside but inside has some big spacious dining areas. It is right next to the Angas Street Snack Bar and seems to be managed by the same group as The Gallery on Waymouth. The Hotel was one of the exhibitors in the recent SALA Festival and some of paintings from that are still on the walls. The Seven Stars is popular and offers a good Hotel menu at reasonable prices.

The hot chocolate was $3.50 and comes in a glass with a handle on a saucer. It was topped with a white frorth and a sprinkle of cocoa. The drink was a little sweet with a hint of cinnamon or vanilla essence.

Rush Espresso

Rush Espresso is a little food place at 34 James Place. There are three tables inside and about five tables outside. In the cold weather it was a bit in chilly even at the inside tables. It is also an internet hotspot.

The hot chocolate came in a big Ducale coffee mug with outer drinker-facing advertising and cost $3.80. It was topped with a white froth and a sprinkle of chocolate powder. The drink taste was a reasonably rich milk chocolate flavour and was warming on a cold day.

Waymouth Café

The Waymouth Café at 242 Waymouth Street in the Adelaide CBD is a few doors West of Pages Cafe. It has seven tables inside and three outside on the pavement. The Café serves a range of sandwiches and roles and also has a deep fryer of fish and chips.

The hot chocolate was $3.40 and came in a generous ceramic mug. It was topped with a brown froth and a sprinkle of chocolate powder. It had rich creamy milk chocolate flavour.