Chardanae is out and about again, needing a Spanish pick-me-up

Don’t make the mistake of ordering just one! A shopping pick-me-up of the Spanish Chocolate kind.

MoVida – Hosier Lane Melbourne

Well I’m easing back into the adventure that is Melbourne dining, after an obvious absence, and should let you know that Sash and I now equal three.

Navigating Melbourne’s laneways is not as simple when you have a pram in tow, but of course , life isn’t meant to be easy, and how else is little Tajan’s food socialization to begin if she can’t experience the atmosphere of a cult restaurant. So bump, bobble, bump, bump went her little head in the pram as we strutted up the cobblestone lane intent on again tasting the best pudding in Melbourne. It had been 12 months, and oh how it was every bit as yummy as I remember.

Two glasses of Spanish Cava and the Dessert of the century – Chocolate Ganache Pudding with Vanilla Bean Ice-cream and Nougat…Dark bitter chocolate pudding with a molten heart of oozing ganache, circled with home-made vanilla bean ice-cream, dobbled with chunks of sticky nougat. Not the soft kind, but the sticky, crunchy kind. Do I really need to say more?

Wash that down with a fun and bubbly glass of Agusti Torello Cava (get it at Cellardor.com.au for a tasty $38.17), and your afternoon break from shopping couldn’t be more perfect.

There’s so much more to say about MoVida but I’ll leave that for another day, today was to worship the magic and energy-giving properties of chocolate. I could say I need the energy because of the little one, but I really am just making excuses. Who needs an excuse to spoil oneself with a little molten-love?

Other notable chocolate puddings that deserve a mention :-

Cosi’s Mi qui

Max Brenners warm choc pudding

Til next time,

Chardanae