Chocolate with good karma in Sydney, Darlinghurst

Welcome to Boon Chocolates, a boutique chocolate salon in the heart of Sydney's vibrant Darlinghurst - and one of my chocolate Holy Grails in town! 

Imagine a place where chocolates are genuine works of art.

A place where the ganaches, truffles and pralines compete with the finest from France and Belgium.

A place where East meets West on your tastebuds, celebrating the chocolatier's unique cultural background.

A place where you can chat contemporary art, jazz, opera and food science with the owner while flipping through rare art books and sipping out-of-this-world hot chocolate.

A place where eating good chocolate will also give you good karma points by helping fund micro-loans projects in the Philippines...

 

 

Now there's so much I could tell you about Boon and passionate owners Alex and Fanny Chan that I'll need to write a series of posts just on their chocolates! If you love chocolate, I strongly encourage you to join one of our Ultimate Chocolate Artisans Tours or 'Round-the-World' Chocolate tours, you won't be disappointed!

In the meantime, there's a specific part of their story I wanted to share with you, because I find these two generous souls particularly inspiring...

In addition to treating customers with delicious chocolates, Alex and Fanny are also giving back to the community by working with non-for-profit organisation Opportunity Australia International. Boon donates a percentage of their corporate sales to Opportunity's Trust Bank program in the Philippines (where they're originally from), providing women living in poverty with micro-loans to help them start a small business and work their way out of poverty.

 

 

 

 

"These small loans made available to entrepreneurial women in the Philippines are the best gift we can give back to the country who has given us so much," Alex and Fanny explain.

So tell me dear reader, if you had access to an unlimited stash of chocolate and could change the world one chocolate at a time, what would you do? To start with, I think I'd supply some of Boon's delicious chocolates to UN negotiation rooms - might help soften some of the die-hard negotiators involved in the world's trickiest conflicts!

Boon Chocolates:

251 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010.

Ph: 02 9356 8876. www.boonchocolates.com.au 

Comments

[Robin_dickinson]

Myriam,

What a privilege to experience these artisans in real life! Your Deluxe Chocolate Tour was an enlightening, moving and thoroughly delightful experience. Life changing! I have been talking about it ever since. Just this afternoon I was talking about this experience to a major Australian book publisher - and I will send them a link to this post!

Any one who has the chance to go on this trip is indeed lucky.

When is the next one? Count me in.

Best to you, and congratulations on raising the standard of customer tour experience to a new, brave and exciting level.

Your friend, client and raving fan, Robin :)

[JEAN CONRIE]

Thanks a lot for making this luxury chocolate tour happening Myriam and well done!! There is nothing more to say after reading your post. Boon was fantastic and without you I would not have discovered this amazing chocolate artisan! Look forward to enjoying another new and luxury experience with Mytinerary very soon.
Jean

[Myriam]

Jean > Awww, thanks a million for that!! I'm really glad you enjoyed the tour - Boon is pretty special, isn't it?! I'm really lucky to be able to share this life-changing adventure with someone like you, thank you for your love and support...

Now I can't wait to start brainstorming my Sydney Champagne tours with you, hopefully some of your Champagne expertise will rub off on me ;-)

[Myriam]

Robin > Wow Robin, I'm speechless... Thank you so, so much for your kind comments and amazing support.

I'm very passionate about service and care, and helping people fall in love with Sydney's hidden gems - so I'm glad you enjoyed the experience!

It's such a pleasure for me when I manage to create a spark, a connection between my beloved clients and the inspiring craftsmen and artisans I get to meet as part of my journeys...

But none of this would have been possible without your amazing support and world-class business advice, so I'm forever grateful. Merci du fond du coeur, as we say in French!

PS: if there's any entrepreneur out there, budding or veteran, do yourself a favour and add Robin's business blog www.radsmarts.com to your favourites ;-)

[Trissa]

I'm so impressed there is someone of Filipino origin that creates chocolates which pass your standards Myriam! I will have to go there. I love that dark chocolate drink - reminds me a lot of the Philippines...

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