Today we finally managed to get to K's. On the third attempt. There was a lot of pre-checking and verifying and other stuff like that, but we got there in the end. You see, we had previously tried twice to go to a different location of K's, but both failed, even though their website said they would be open. We went to the one in Beverly Hills, while every other time, we had gone to their Malibu location.
Their shop was really small, but it had a lot to offer. Apparently, the smaller the shop, the smaller the rent, so the greater the profit, which is smart. They had those chocolate things (I still don't know exactly what they're called) that my brother loves, bags of chocolate candies, and really chunky bars of nuts and chocolate. All of this was in about a ten-foot-tall, five-foot-wide, twenty-foot-long area. As I said, it was really small.
The lady at the counter was none other than the owner, Diane Kron, who is sort of a legend in the chocolate industry. She personally served Jackie O, whose favorite chocolates happened to be at K's. We sampled a special type of chocolate, a chocolate with brown rice in it. It's very rare to encounter a chocolate that is purposefully crunchy, so this was a bit unexpected. We ended up buying a bag of them. Due to the brown rice, I couldn't taste anything beyond the chocolate and rice, as brown rice has a special quality, which is to dull or completely nullify any other flavors. Other types of rice, like jasmine or basmati, are more aromatic, so they actually amplify flavors, which is why they are used in so many dishes as a base.
We decided to buy some of the truffles that my brother really likes and a bag of those brown rice chocolates. Diane also very kindly gave us a few extra pieces of plain milk and dark chocolate. And so, the much-anticipated trip to K's concluded.
I am outside of K's right here. You can see the sign on the window that says Diane Kron Chocolatier on the left side. The length of that window is the length of the entire store. It's not a very good scale, but it gives you some idea of how incredibly small the shop actually is.
This photo captures the vibrant display very well. It shows about half of the shop. The truffles that my brother really likes, and the brown rice things are not shown. They are both on the part of the display wall that is not shown.
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