Step into the world of San Churro, where decadence is a daily affair -
where creamy coffees welcome cold mornings and where chocolate-dipped
churros usher in dusk. Known by the Spanish as the ‘Father of
Chocolate', San Churro was a monk who dedicated his life to making
treats out of the ‘brown gold' his countrymen had recently brought back
from the Americas. Today, his legacy lives on in a handful of gorgeous
little chocolateries scattered along the Australian seaboard, where
you'll find the kind of sweet things you could imagine Spanish royalty
were indulging in more than three centuries ago.
Suppress the urge to run your fingers along the pretty wallpaper or
make sure you do it well before you tuck into a mouth-watering platter
of chocolate tapas. For this delightful selection of sweets will
definitely leave your fingers sticky! A tapas platter comes piled high
with deep-fried Spanish doughnuts called churros, a little pot of
dipping chocolate, a selection of hand-made chocolate truffles, a
scrumptious piece of cake and a scoop of San Churro's renowned
couverture chocolate ice-cream. The balance of sweet and savoury really
makes the whole platter easy to swallow and in no time at all, you'll
be staring at an empty plate.
Chocolate lovers will delight in that San Churro's tapas platter
doesn't deviate from the theme. Everything on the platter is chocolate
or created largely with chocolate - except the hot, golden churros,
which you'll eventually dunk into molten chocolate anyway! However, if
you take a purist's stance, you'd agree that San Churro's has plenty of
other options for non-chocoholics - namely, confections in white
chocolate. There's also a wide range of coffee-infused options and of
course, more churros, which are plated and served almost as fast as
they are fried.
Pop into San Churro's for a true Madrileno's breakfast - of hot
chocolate and churros - and feel not a twinge of guilt. San Churros
around Melbourne only throw open their doors between 9:30 and 10am.
Your Spanish counterparts would have had their churros con chocolate at
daybreak, while on their way home from an all-night fiesta, and would
now probably be fast asleep in bed!
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Essential Information:
Name: Chocolateria San Churro
Address: QV Centre, Corner Swanston & Lonsdale St, Melbourne
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It’s a Melbourne institution. Everyone knows about it, or has heard of it and judging by the crowd, it’s also THE place to be. Order your coffee over the white marble counter – be it espresso, mocha or latte, Brunetti ALWAYS get it right. Lattes are flat just as they should be, cappuccinos frothy, and mochas the smoothest blend of coffee and chocolate. And they make the perfect accompaniment to the many desserts on offer…
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