14 Oct 2009
Le Whif: A New Way to Get Your Chocolate Fix?
Today my friend Donna Morris and I strolled down to Le LABO in Paris, a shop that blends science and art. It’s a brightly lighted space, very spare, offering some English language books, including one of my all-time favorites, Einstein’s Dreams by MIT professor Alan Lightman. Their display of objects for sale was sparse, but the windows were full of Le Whif, a product jointly developed by Harvard professor of biomedical engineering David Edwards and Thierry Marx, a French chef who has won two Michelin stars.
Le Whif is a lipstick-shaped plastic tube that gives you a puff of chocolate powder in the mouth. The theory is that you can inhale the scent and flavor of chocolate without the calories. The tubes come in several flavors: plain chocolate with mint, with raspberries.
We felt pretty silly sticking the tubes into our mouths,
Le Whif, product demonstration by Donna
and I’m sure I wouldn’t want to use Le Whif in public. You definitely get a chocolate taste, but without the luxurious mouth-feel of silky chocolate. I think I’ll save up my calories and have a cup of chocolat Africain at Angelina’s instead.
Forget this! Take David Lebovitz‘s advice and go to a REAL chocolate shop! My favorite is still Pierre Hermé!
Donna Morris
October 15th, 2009 at 4:35 ampermalink
But to have such a handy ‘fix’ available…good in a pinch, no?
choc/mint please…
is the Angelina’s confection as good as the cup of chocochino we had at Nectarine? I will never forget that cup of decadence…
Judy Leaver
October 15th, 2009 at 7:09 ampermalink