Delicious macarons! Shocolate: Master Chocolatiers in Fitzroy, Victoria

The thing I love about Melbourne is that when you are guaranteed to find something new and interesting everytime you wander down a street.

So here I was taking a walk down Brunswick Street with my best chick mate Jacqui to check out some exhibition in Fitzroy, and we come across Shocolate at 3/296 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy.  It looks like a little cafe with trays of chocolates on display in refrigerated glass cases.  As I'm not into desserts and sugary foods, I would have walked right on by, but Jacqs, being a chick, could not pass up the opportunity to eat more chocolate.  And it is a seriously impressive selection of quality handmade chocolate, I can assure you.

Not only are they master chocolatiers, they're also experts in the macaron (not to be confused with the macaroon, which is a completely different dessert).  The resident macaronnier (okay I made up that word) was in the throes of experimentation for some upcoming macaron competition.  They even had an official looking sign that said "Melbourne Macaron Top 20".  Surely that's a credible endorsement - if someone were to say "No. 1 Macaron maker in Melbourne", I'd instantly dismiss it as mere puffery (yes that's a technical legal term), but if you say Top 20, then at least I know you fall somewhere between 16 and 20, which is a lot more believable.  Hey, call me a cynic ...

So I decide to try one of his creations, and it was quite sublime, I must say.  Not too sugary, and the flavours were subtle yet distinct. Alright I admit - I can't remember exactly what it tasted like (it was October last year), but I do remember it being very tasty indeed - hey I finished the whole thing and wouldn't even share with poor Jacqs.

Shocolate on Brunswick Street in Fitzroy.  Check it out.