Comments on: Rabot Estate opens in Borough Market http://www.seventypercent.com/2010/04/rabot-estate-opens-in-borough-market/ Home of the chocolate connoisseur Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:41:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Martin Christy http://www.seventypercent.com/2010/04/rabot-estate-opens-in-borough-market/comment-page-1/#comment-4594 Martin Christy Fri, 14 May 2010 12:50:21 +0000 http://www.seventypercent.com/?p=1186#comment-4594 Hotel Chocolat do mostly use Callebaut, but the Rabot Estate St Lucia and their other origins are made by Coppeneur in Germany. There were Hotel Chocolat products in the new shop, so I'd say it was about half and half Coppeneur and Callebaut. I made a point of asking what chocolate was being used in the café, and was always told it was Rabot Estate. Where I could taste it in the dishes, it would not have said it was Callebaut. The Rabot Estate chocolate itself is clearly not Callebaut - it's not as refined and doesn't have the distinctive 'candy' nose of Callebaut. Hotel Chocolat are a Callebaut house, but we have to give credit where credit is due. Hotel Chocolat do mostly use Callebaut, but the Rabot Estate St Lucia and their other origins are made by Coppeneur in Germany. There were Hotel Chocolat products in the new shop, so I’d say it was about half and half Coppeneur and Callebaut.

I made a point of asking what chocolate was being used in the café, and was always told it was Rabot Estate. Where I could taste it in the dishes, it would not have said it was Callebaut. The Rabot Estate chocolate itself is clearly not Callebaut – it’s not as refined and doesn’t have the distinctive ‘candy’ nose of Callebaut.

Hotel Chocolat are a Callebaut house, but we have to give credit where credit is due.

]]> By: Anne http://www.seventypercent.com/2010/04/rabot-estate-opens-in-borough-market/comment-page-1/#comment-4593 Anne Thu, 13 May 2010 19:19:46 +0000 http://www.seventypercent.com/?p=1186#comment-4593 Callebaut chocolate disguised as 'artisanal'. oh dear, oh dear. Callebaut chocolate disguised as ‘artisanal’. oh dear, oh dear.

]]> By: Bron http://www.seventypercent.com/2010/04/rabot-estate-opens-in-borough-market/comment-page-1/#comment-4467 Bron Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:02:51 +0000 http://www.seventypercent.com/?p=1186#comment-4467 This is the beginning of the 'Spitalfieldsation' of Borough without a doubt. The fact that the trustees insisted Hotel Chocolat call the shop something else does not alter the fact tha a chain has now been given a lease within the market. This is the beginning of the ‘Spitalfieldsation’ of Borough without a doubt. The fact that the trustees insisted Hotel Chocolat call the shop something else does not alter the fact tha a chain has now been given a lease within the market.

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