Among the many chocolate reveals there are these with a Hussite theme, such because the wagon wall or the bust of Jan Žižka. Nonetheless, there are additionally industrial sights on the exhibition space, reminiscent of Shrek or the chocolate Jaromír Jágr in life dimension. It’s positioned on the entrance and multiple customer takes an image with it.
“We undoubtedly nonetheless have Jarda, everybody likes him. It is even the second copy. The primary one did not final, the followers smeared him with lipstick and he was additionally bitten,” laughs sommelier Marie Šimková, who guided Novinky by means of the museum.
Photograph: Pavel Orholz, Novinky
Marie Šimková on the chocolate prepare.
Nonetheless, the exhibition additionally contains, for instance, Tábor’s important sq. product of marzipan or a chocolate head impressed by Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean. Lots of consideration is then attracted by the half-ton chocolate prepare, which releases steam with a nice aroma following urgent a button.
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“Our authentic inspiration was Belgium, the place they’ve a chocolate prepare on the station. However as a result of the truth that the work on the locomotive with wagons took ten months and the worth went up and up, we determined that it will not go to the station,” identified Šimková, including that the locomotive was made by the artist Daniel Šefčík.
Photograph: Pavel Orholz, Novinky
The top impressed by Pirates of the Caribbean can be within the Czech E-book of Information.
Within the museum, guests can even look instantly into the so-called kitchen. “We’ve got home windows right here into our manufacturing, the place pralines and a number of different chocolate issues are made. Colleagues are actually good at it,” famous Šimková.
A go to to the museum additionally contains tastings, and other people can even reap the benefits of a inventive workshop or programs.
Chocolate bean to bar
Šimková additionally has a sommelier certificates and might safely acknowledge actually high-quality chocolate. “To change into a sommelier, it’s important to be enthusiastic. Then it is just a few tens of 1000’s for programs and a number of finding out to cross the exams. It’s a must to style a number of wines, different alcohols, but in addition espresso, cheeses following which, in fact, chocolate, which is tough to pair,” defined the sommelier.
Actually high-quality chocolate is made so-called bean to bar, i.e. from bean to chocolate. Well-known chocolatiers, reminiscent of Jiří Soukup from the Tábor museum, make chocolate from beans introduced from well-known locations reminiscent of Vietnam, Ghana, Ecuador, Papua, Nicaragua and the like.
“Actually good chocolate is created from high-quality cocoa beans, and a 100-gram pill prices regarding 300, but it surely’s value it,” Šimková added.
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