Diary Entry: It never looks like the freakin' picture.

A friend of mine gave me The Golden Book of Chocolate for my 25th birthday two months ago, and I've been flipping its pages trying to decide which one of these goodness I should duplicate in my own kitchen. Last night, in the mist of insomnia and boredom, I finally decided on the contender. Half of the ingredients in my cupboard was just sitting there useless and seldom touched, so when page 106 listed most of them, I knew it was the perfect thing to create.

My kitchen and I were bonding for a long night.


Here's how perfect page 106 looks like:



And here's my version while I was making a batch of it:

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Six ziplock bags, three hours, and 8oz. of chocolates after, I finally got the finish product:

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That's as close as I can make it look like the picture in the book.


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Filipino phrase of the day: litrato sa libro
English translation: picture in the book