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June 28 2005 - Saturday the 26th we by chance happened upon the Godiva
Chocolixir truck parked on 64th St and Broadway. We had not yet tasted the
product so we felt this was a fortuitous circumstance. The truck, done up in the
Godiva trademark brown, was parked for quite awhile handing out freshly made
samples of the chocolate drink to anyone wandering down the street. Our
reaction was quite positive. Of course when one receives anything cold and
free, when the thermometer is hitting 85, you already feel ahead of the game.
Even still, the Chocolixir, which has the consistency of a slightly melted
fudgsicle with tiny pieces of Godiva chocolate floating in it all topped off with a
dollop of whipped cream, was certainly a cool refreshing break on a very hot
day. As an aside we would like to compliment the folks at Godiva for pursuing
such an innovative program of dispensing free product. The Godiva
employees manning the truck were polite and well informed about the product
as we barraged them with a series of echocolatenyc questions. We've often
wondered why more chocolateers do not provide samples of new product. We
have yet to come across an ice cream store that doesn't provide a small tasting
of an inquired about flavor. Some chocolate shops of course do provide
samples. Some that quickly spring to mind are Vosges (there is usually a tray
of small pieces of whatever the newest product Vosges has released on the
counter), Kee's (we have received imperfect chocolate pieces that have been
damaged coming out of the molds) and the tasting we attended at Christopher
Norman which was wonderful. We will be happy to list any upcoming tastings
so shop keepers don't be afraid to drop us a line with any pertinent information.
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