Vosges Black Pearl Exotic Chocolate Bar

Inhale warming ginger as menthol-nuanced wasabi cools. Sense the evolution of flavors in the mouth. Commence with ginger, followed by earthy cacao notes, mellow wasabi reminiscent of coriander, finishing with black sesame seeds, rich in nutty texture.

Inspiration:

Wasabi leaves fried into little crackers, Small grating devices to garner the freshest of the light green rhizome. Ahhh Japan. Wasabi is a member of the cabbage family. Known as Japanese horseradish, its root is used as a spice for the precious raw fish, sushi. It has an extremely aromatic flavor, though its hotness is more akin to that of a hot mustard than the capsaicin in a chili pepper, producing vapors that irritate the nasal passages more than the tongue. It actually is not spicy-hot as much as it is aromatic, that is if you are eating the real thing. Wasabi is distinctly Japanese and married to ginger.