Lindt Chocolat Cafe – Martin Place, Sydney
After galleries hopping and a tasty lunch at Bills, we hopped back into the car and drove into city for one last exhibition at State Library of NSW. The sky was looking gloomy and started to rain as we came out of the gallery, so there is no better excuse as we quickly dashed into the Lindt Chocolat Cafe just around the corner at Martin Place to take cover, and perhaps a nice little cup of hot chocolate while waiting for the rain to stop. But seems like not just us have the same idea to indulge ourselves on a rainy day, as there is already a big crowd inside the cafe when we arrived.
Easter falls on 12th April this year (mark it down in your diary), the Lindt golden bunnies are already dressed up with red ribbons and a tiny bell around their neck, ready to be taken home for a sweet sweet holiday. But we are not there for the bunnies, neither the yummy bonbons and pralines behind the glass cabinet, instead we found ourselves joining the queue, looking forward to chillax in the cafe with a nice cup of hot chocolate.
We didn’t have to wait long, and soon be seated right at the end of the cafe at Table no.1 ! Isn’t table No. 1 supposed to be the best seat in any cafes and restaurants, like the V.I.P table? I hope so! 
Perhaps I am just wishful thinking that my slice of cake perhaps can be a little bit bigger, or more chocolate ganache on top!
We want a coffee, but we also want to indulge ourselves stupid with chocolate, so the Pom went for the Cold Ice Mocha, while I go for the opposite and have the Hot Mocha.
The hot mocha comes with a thick layer of chocolate sitting at the bottom of the glass and a good dose of milk chocolate shavings floating on top. I give it a quick stir, lick the spoon and have the first sip, the mocha is sweet and rich with cocoa, but soon it turns into a soury after taste lingering in my mouth. After having a nice cup of hot chocolate at Bills, this really disappoint me especially when chocolate is the specialty in this cafe.
I have a sip of the Pom’s Ice Mocha, and it is very sweet, in fact it is too sweet that my cake becomes tasteless afterwards.
Celebration du Chocolat
Then a father and daughter come and sit at the table next to us, while she is busy playing with her jewels and beads at the table, suddenly one of the beads fell off the table and went missing. Her dad convinced her that the bead is gone, even with the help from the waitress searching for it with no luck. (Wait for it, there is a happy ending I promise)
By this time, our dessert has arrived, just in time to take our minds off the missing bead. The Pom goes for the Celebration du Chocolat – a celebration of dark chocolate! Milk chocolate! Chocolate ganache! and more chocolate! The chocolate comprises layers of dark chocolate, separated with milk chocolate mousse, then encased by a coat of rich chocolate ganache.
According to the Pom, the cake is so rich and intense with heavy layers of chocolate, it becomes heart clogging solid and stodgy. I have a taste of the cake, it is sweet and tasty but unfortunately I just don’t find anything unique about it.
St Moritz
As for myself, I go for the St Moritz, a chocolate party with tiers of dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate, seperated with almond cake, and heavy dusted with cocoa powder. The cake is actually quite nice and fluffy, and the chocolate is creamy and velvety smooth.
The pom had a taste of it then said, “Oh yeah, taste just like a Tiramisu.” That comment totally changes my perceptions towards the cake and found myself agree to what he just said. It is tasty and delicious nonetheless, I guess it is just lack of layers of flavour and originality.
Soon later, the waitress comes back to the little girl and gives her a little Lindor milk chocolate bonbon to cheer her up for the missing bead. The little girl is shy and refused to accept the little gift. The father on the other hand keeps persuading her to say Thank You and accept it and be a nice girl. In the end the father accepted it on her behalf and put inside a cupcake box.
“Why didn’t you take it and say thank you?” Father asked the little girl after the waitress has gone.
“I had it before and I didn’t like it.” The little girl said.
The moral of this story – Don’t offer chocolate to little girl with missing beads, but to the nosey foodblogger next table who recorded down the whole event.
Lindt Concept Store & Chocolat Cafe Martin Place 53 Martin Place (Cnr Phillip Street), Sydney tel (02) 8257 1600
A Table For Two (ATFT) is Billy Law's food blog that features best eats in Sydney and around the world with drool-worthy food photography to salivate your appetite. I also throw in a smidgen of my food and travel photography for good measure. Billy Law also happened to be a contestant on MasterChef Australia 2011. 
LOL! I love the last line in your post! Beautifully recorded as always Billy. It sounds like you had a great chocolate indulgence.
Wow, your photos are always so classy. We have a Friday tradition at work where someone goes to Lindt with hot chocolate orders. And they always come back with Lindt balls (but no beads).
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lol. too right! and i love the little girl’s retort as well.
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Hahah you should have pretended to lose something too! Mann you photos are toooo good, can’t wait for my dslr…
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My office use to be outside this store, it was very bad for my diet! I still like the St Moritz, it makes a nice birthday cake as well.
And I agree with the Mocha! I thought I was the only one who thought that it failed to live up to expectations. I think it might be due to the fact that Lindt doesn’t have the best of Baristas doing their coffee.
Mmm… it’s been awhile since I’ve visited a Lindt store. My favourite is actually their ice cream and peanut butter lindors. Their cakes are… good, but used to be much better. As for drinks, my all time fav is still Max Brenner’s dark chocolate frappe. Fantastic photos as always!
LOL i love the ending! but yes I completely agree that Lindt isn’t that special anymore. I visited recently too and it was disappointing =[
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@Peter G: Thanks Peter, a little indulgence now and again, wont hurt, right?
@Belle: Isnt it lucky to work closeby and have someone to do a hot chocolate run for the office?
@Helen: I actually think she is a smart little girl, didn’t parent always teach you not to accept candies or lollies from a stranger?
@FFichiban: Well I don’t carry beads with me all the time… I guess I could have just steal one from the little girl.
@Howard: I agree I think it is down to the Baristas they hired. I think is the same as many other places, the barista usually just keep making coffee to feed the customers and never really put TLC into it.
@K: I also think I am bit over Max Brenner actually, I am yet to try San Churro though. I think we both had been to Henri Charpentier, everything else is rather difficult to live up to your expectations
@K: Yeah, I guess it is also because Lindt is too accessible, just doesn’t have that “wow” factor anymore.
Lindt chocolate never where the best chocolates in Europe, even 40 years ago. If you wanted some real chocolates you ate Stollwerk Chocolates (one of the better brands) They might have the name but their products are not up to par with other chololates anymore, even just plain old Cadbury chocolate taste better.
But your chocolate trip seemed fun, even if the products where dissapointing.