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Dome from Henri Charpentier – a chocolate sphere encloses a chocolate parfait biscuit of fraise d’amande. Essentially a bewitching combination of pyrotechnics, hazelnut biscuit, strawberry sauce and a very good Magnum-esque chocolate shell. The strawberry liquor is, like the Dome pictured above, quite the proverbial “blue baller” – you immediately…

Mille-feuille with strawberries, strawberry sorbet and strawberry consomme from Henri Charpentier. Essentially tai yang bing (太陽餅) gone all Elizabeth Bathory – y’know, the Countess who bathed in her servant girls’ blood to sustain her youthful appearance. The consomme is pure, thick, sweet strawberry goodness, and the mille-feuille is truly spoon-cuttable…