Restaurant Review: Chocolate No 5

I can't believe I've been eating out all weekend which although not good for the pocket nor the waistline, it's definitely good for blogging. Yesterday, we went to Handorf in South Australia. For those who haven't been to Handorf, it is a small German town about 30minutes out of Adelaide City. It is quite a busy little town and definitely a tourist attraction. For us locals though, this is a nice place to go to spend a Sunday afternoon with lots of little shops, cafes, German biergartens (or for us, pubs) and the ever so popular strawberry farm, Beerenberg (this is a must stop for me, I love their Smoky Bourbon Barbecue Sauce, I can't seem to find it anywhere else so I buy a lot when I visit the Beerenberg farm shop). Anyway, back to the restaurant review...

We were walking along the main street when we discovered this little cafe called Chocolate No 5. It's a little cafe that specialises in chocolates. They sell truffles and other chocolate desserts. We were keen to try their desserts so we ordered a Chocolate Belgian Waffle and 2 pieces of truffles - Hazelnut Crunch & Salted Caramel (which was highly recommended by the store keeper).

Hazelnut Crunch (left) & Salted Caramel (right)

We were very happy with the truffles we ordered. The Hazelnut had 3 whole nuts inside covered in dark chocolate and on top as you can see are extra crushed hazelnut. I though the balance of nut and chocolate were quite good. As for the Salted Caramel, we got what we ordered. The thin later of dark chocolate, once broken, exposed a rich yet soft salted caramel.

Belgian Waffles served with Vanilla Ice Cream, Fresh
Strawberries & Chocolate Sauce
(truffles were added on the plate for the photo-shoot)

 The waffle arrived a few minutes later and when it arrived, it was warm and smelled really good, just as you would expect from a freshly made waffle. The ice cream is nothing special, just an ordinary vanilla ice cream, however, it complimented the waffle really well. The strawberries were fresh and added a contrast to the sweetness of the dessert. The milk chocolate sauce I found was too sweet so we hardly touched it. I though the dish was already sweet enough and adding the sauce would just make it too sweet to eat. The waffle was good but personally I preferred the truffles.