Annex Café

Merkel and Myrtle atttended the South Australian Scabble championships over the weekend. They missed out on the prizes but they made friends with many fine scrabblers and had the opportunity to try new hot chocolate venues over lunch.

The Annex Café is small Café at 3 Waterloo Street, Glenelg, just off Jetty Road. It has seating inside and outside and is venue for live music and poetry reading. It is not to be confused with the Californian chat room on the internet but it does have a web presence on facebook.

The hot chocolate came in a big red mug with a froth and a sprinkle of chocolate powder. The flavour was milk chocolate and not rich enough for Merkel's taste. The cost was $3.70.

T bar, Adelaide Central Market

Merkel and Myrtle return to the Tbar at the Adelaide Central Market recently. The chocolate was a bit weak. It was served in glass which was hot for the fingertips with a sprinkle of chocolate powder on top. Unlike the Tbar at Adelaide Central Plaza on Rundle mall, there was no froth decoration on top. The cost was $3.40 but this included a pink and a white marshmallow.

Gourment Glazed

Gourmet Glazed is a donut shop in City Cross arcade but also does an iced chocolate which caught Merkel's eye on a hot day. The iced Chocciata came in a plastic container. Their was plenty of crushed ice in this drink. It was reasonably chocolaty to start with but by the end the drink was weak and watery. It was a cool drink on a hot day and cost $5.90.

Bar 9 Belgian

Merkel and Myrtle returned to Bar 9 recently for breakfast. Merkel ordered the Belgian hot chocolate and was served the drink in an elegant pottery mug. It was topped with with a brown forth and sprinkle of chocolate powder over one side of the mug. The chocolate could have been richer but was unmistakably Belgian. The cost was $4.80.

Fiefys Mug of Chocolate

I returned to Fiefy's recently. The warm weather was good for sitting at the tables outside her hole-in-the-wall coffee shop at 45 Pirie Street. This time I had a Mug of Jaffa Hot chocolate for $4.90. The orange flavour was good and a marshmallow was provided. The drink combined dark Belgian chocolate with real orange zest.

The Ed Castle

The Edinburgh Castle Hotel is its full name but it usually abbreviated to just Ed Castle on 233 Currie Street. It is another of the many historic hotels in Adelaide. Merkel and Myrtle were here with friends recently. While they have a reasonable meals menu, there is no hot chocolate. So Merkel had to go down the street to the C Coffee outlet on West Terrace and take his drink back to the Ed Castle.

The C Coffee outlets have been reviewed here before. They do a reasonable hot chocolate for a takeaway drink. It is reasonably rich chocolate topped with a creamy froth. The cost is $3.20.

Tasty Bakehouse

We found a little bakery called Tasty Bakehouse in the backstreets Forrestville recently. It can be found at at 66 Leah Street. The Tasty Bakehouse is doing a trade as maker of cakes and buns but also does pies, quiches and hot beverages. It is not much of an eat-in venue but has one table outside overlooking the tram track.

The hot chocolate was only $2.50 but was served in a paper cup without anything the stir the drink. It was topped with a white froth and liberal sprinkle of chocolate powder. The drink was creamy enough and not too sweet but it should have been more chocolaty.