Philly's Best - Chocolate

Philadelphia cuisine may be known best for its eponymous sandwich, the Philly cheesesteak, but in actuality the highest quality of many types of food can be found in the City of Brotherly Love. Authentic tastes from around the world (from Italy to Viet Nam, and everywhere in between) are available. And now the list includes that culinary delight enjoyed on nearly every continent: chocolate.

Naked Chocolate Cafe, with its main store on Walnut, offers decadent chocolate drinks, pastries, and artisanal  truffle-like candies.  As if in consolation for not being able to make a visit in person, a box of these morsels arrived by mail shortly before Christmas.  The aroma alone is intoxicating.  The milk chocolate pieces are of such high quality I don't even mind that they aren't dark; and the darks are truly sublime.  The richness of the assortment requires a modicum of restraint - splitting pieces for tasting works well; and two or three tastes sates even a serious sweet-tooth. Just don't tease anyone by hiding the box . . .