Lindt Chocolate Café

The new Lindt cafe has one purpose and one purpose only: to remind you that while Lindt isn’t the only premium chocolate available to chocophiles, it’s still a force to be reckoned with. But my bizarre discovery was that the best thing to buy there isn’t even the chocolate!

“The French call them “Macarons”. At Lindt we call them “Delice”. Two small mounds of melt in the mouth almond meringue are sandwiched together with a rich chocolate cream filling.”

These little guys come in different flavours. If you can grab one, any, my favourites are coconut, rose and strawberry, the macaroons are positively divine. They feature on much of the advertising around the CBD for the store and with good reason. They’re delicate and crumbly, but moist and chewy.

Also in the shop are huge jars of Lindt balls, but if you thought the selection was tired, then you were sadly mistaken. In addition to the more traditional dark chocolate, milk chocolate, hazelnut , there are also new additions like peanut butter, when they can keep the jars full. The girl serving me was quick to point out to me how lucky it was that I had walked straight into new stock of the peanut butter devils, which by the way put Reese’s to shame.

There is a café within the store, but it was absolutely packed, mostly with Chinese students, who were giggling and chatting and gave the whole shop an exciting and slightly naughty vibe. The queue was so long we gave up waiting, but if you have more chocostamina you can partake in waffles, degustation plates and a range of cakes and other treats. We, on the other hand, carefully ferried our macaroons back to the office for the perfect end to our lunch-hour.

If you’re having a crap day and looking for a lunchtime pick me up, stop by. There’s a form of sugar hit here for everyone.

Address:  271 Collins Street, (03) 9667 0900