Boon The Chocolate Experience – Darlinghurst, Sydney (3)
The cold chill of winter is getting to everybody including these cool polar bears who are rugging up with some rainbow scarves hee hee ^^! But I prefer to warm up with a nice mug of creamy and rich hot chocolate at Noob, I mean Boon hee hee. On a cool night there is nothing better than walking into this brightly lit shop and greeted warmly by a cheery Alex and Fanny and the rows of pralines and other chocolatey goodness!
They have introduced some new art into the walls of the terrace lounge and as well as photographer books by the same artist for some chillax browsing (& the girls gossiping while awaiting hot chocolates ^^!)
The newest (which has been around for a while now haha) artistic chocolate additions are the perfume bottles which look very pretty but a pity that they are hollow hee hee (The blue one pictured is inspired by Marie Antoinette!) There are also these Chamallow Maisons which are homemade marshmallows covered in chocolate which I regret not getting but shall definitely get next time!
Milk Hot Chocolate ($7.50) & Belgian Waffles with fresh strawberries, almonds, vanilla bean ice cream and Boon chocolate sauce ($14.50)
Their hot chocolate is a classic must-order as it comes with a shot of fluffy and very toothsome chocolate mousse (which I like to dip into my hot chocolate hee hee) and also your choice of praline. The hot chocolate is of the perfect consistency and is not too sweet as to cause a sugar overload. The belgian waffles are also a great choice because they come warm and inviting with a nice scoop of ice cream with visible specks of vanilla. The strawberries were also a good contrast and cuts through all the sweetness that the oh-so-good chocolate sauce provides, thick and rich for perfect drizzling. I find the waffles here nice and fluffy with a good crunchy crust and not sugar coated like other places but could be warmer.
Tomatosalsa’s and Timmeh’s special chocolate drizzling technique
1) Make hole in ice cream with knife
2) Pour half of the chocolate sauce and watch it as it oozes out and down mmmmm
3) Keep spoon at the ready for digging in as soon as possible
4) Enjoy ^^!
5) Give the rest of the chocolate sauce to FFichiban
Hee hee ok I threw in the 5th step 
but the idea of an ice cream well is very inventive and I shall try next time! *Yoinks technique*
Boon is definitely a winner of a place to beat the winter chill with their hot chocolates and other tasty treats, along with their friendly service, beautiful atmosphere and chillax music there are many more visits to be had.
Boon Boon Mmm:
Boon The Chocolate Experience – Darlinghurst, Sydney
Boon the chocolate experience
251 Victoria St
Darlinghurst 2010
Ph: (02) 9356 8876
FFichiban
July 27th, 2009 at 2:27 am
wow the waffles look totally my kind of food! okay i will try that special technique next time
July 27th, 2009 at 3:10 am
chocolate well? now i’ve heard of everything! the chocolate marshmallows sound amazing. and you have a strange habit of dipping things – chocolate in chocolate mousse?!
July 27th, 2009 at 3:29 am
I love waffles with choc and ice cream! Boon has been off my radar but like you said it’s the perfect place to go during what’s left of Winter!
July 27th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Lemme guess, you like coming to this place, huh?
Nice too see some atmosphere shots of the store. You know, if you flipped around the first photo, I bet people wouldn’t even notice that it was taken inside the store.
July 27th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Hmmm nice – it must be so nice to sip that yummy hot chocolate on chilly day for shoooooooo! (and I want that chocolate mousse in a big bowl.)
Nice technique – but the last step is so wrong. ;p
July 27th, 2009 at 11:15 am
The photos look very vintage-y – nice! I still have to vist Boon, but any day now…
July 27th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Ooh I like the idea of putting a hole in the icecream, it looks like a chocolate volcano! Awesome! How do the waffles compare to Lindt? They look nice and fluffy.
July 27th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
I don’t remember following the last step in our drizzling technique haha. my bad. =P
July 27th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Haha I love the technique and the step by step food porn dripping photos!
July 28th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
hmm timmeh, i think we’ve started something with this new technique
waffles here were amazing – rate them highly over lindt (only cos i dont like the lindt ones hehe, sorry rich)
July 28th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Ladyironchef – Hahah amke sure you follow step 5!
Helen – Haha yeahh you found out my idiosyncracy…
Howard – Hee hee who doesn’t?! Sooo gud ^^!
Simon – Ahh true that.. but then it wouldn’t say NOOB!
Yas – Fo shizzle my nizzle and also stay out of the drizzle… izzle izzle. Haha nooo the last step is so right!
Belle – Hee hee maybe you can go try since Zumbo is always packed now
Steph – Yay for chocolate volcanos ^^! Oohh I like them both as they are different but if u like a crunchy one this is it
Timmeh – Well you should have haha
Lorraine – Hee hee thhhxxxx ^^!
Tomatosalsa – Haha XP u smmmeell haha jkjkjk but yeh good well
July 28th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
absolutely drooling my lips off right now. Its so cold in melbourne right now I could kill for a hot chocolate. And those waffles, how good do they look, and topped with some impressive chocolate sauce, how awesome is that technique!
July 29th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Maria – Ohh it has been getting sunnier during the days here in Syd but hot choc is good for all weathers hee hee
July 31st, 2009 at 2:08 am
i just went to Boon tonite and had a nice chat to Alex and Fanny! they’re just awesome. it was only them two working tonite so they were running around like mad but were still nice enough to chat to us while they were making orders. i cant wait to go back and try the Belgian waffles and have another Balsamico!