Several years ago, early on in our relationship, my partner traveled to Amsterdam on a business trip. While he was there, he happened upon a small chocolate shop and walked me through it on FaceTime. In the center of the shop was a single table covered in bonbons and truffles on stands of varying heights and sizes. No glass case, no walls around it, just a table full of chocolates in the center of the room. I'd never seen anything like it before, and I wasn't quite sure what to expect of the selection he picked out for me. But days later, when he made it home with my little gold and clear plastic box, I fell in love at first bite.
For years I have thought about those chocolates and request them whenever anyone is visiting Amsterdam. I find myself craving this little wedge shaped bonbon in a lemon cheesecake flavor more often than I can even verbalize. It is really that memorable and delicious.
Now, because my partner is from England we occasionally travel back to visit his family and friends. Earlier this year we had to fly back for a wedding and when I was researching flights I noticed there was one option with four hour layover in Amsterdam. My partner is a big fan of rushing his way through a city on long layovers so I decided to follow in his footsteps and attempt to make it to Ganache on our layover. He was confident we could do it, so we booked our flights with the layover!
For months I looked forward to that day, and when the day came....well....it was a bit of a mess.
It would've been fine if someone hadn't have stabbed several people at the train station we were trying to get to. It would've been even more fine if we had known about the incident prior to leaving the airport and on gotten a stop or two into our train journey. Eventually, after waiting for quite a bit of our very limited time, we had to Uber into the city and cross our fingers that the train would be ready to go back when we were.
The good news is, we made it! For the first time, I got to physically step foot into one of my favorite chocolate shops.
For years I have thought about those chocolates and request them whenever anyone is visiting Amsterdam. I find myself craving this little wedge shaped bonbon in a lemon cheesecake flavor more often than I can even verbalize. It is really that memorable and delicious.
Now, because my partner is from England we occasionally travel back to visit his family and friends. Earlier this year we had to fly back for a wedding and when I was researching flights I noticed there was one option with four hour layover in Amsterdam. My partner is a big fan of rushing his way through a city on long layovers so I decided to follow in his footsteps and attempt to make it to Ganache on our layover. He was confident we could do it, so we booked our flights with the layover!
For months I looked forward to that day, and when the day came....well....it was a bit of a mess.
It would've been fine if someone hadn't have stabbed several people at the train station we were trying to get to. It would've been even more fine if we had known about the incident prior to leaving the airport and on gotten a stop or two into our train journey. Eventually, after waiting for quite a bit of our very limited time, we had to Uber into the city and cross our fingers that the train would be ready to go back when we were.
The good news is, we made it! For the first time, I got to physically step foot into one of my favorite chocolate shops.
Here I am outside the store looking a bit rough because, well, travel.
The inside of the shop was a dream. I walked in and immediately saw the table. I'm pretty sure that I was both overjoyed and overwhelmed by the amount of choice in front of me. Of course, all I really wanted was a box full of those lemon cheesecake pieces, but I made sure to get a good mix of things.
SO MANY OPTIONS!
I'm sure not many people go to the Red Light District on a chocolate mission but who would I be if that wasn't my motivation?! Getting to know new places by their food has been the most enjoyable thing about my travels so far.
One of each?
We managed to walk the streets of the Red Light District for a bit (in broad daylight with all of our luggage, no less) before we hurried back to the train station and made it back to Schiphol in time to grab some airport food before our long journey home. Here are a few scenic pics of our hour in Amsterdam.
If ever you find yourself in Amsterdam, do not miss this charming chocolate shop full of little delights!
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