The goat cheese chocolate truffle. While consisting of only a few bites at most, a mere nibble delivers the essence of tart goat cheese, while the familiar chocolatey flavor is a welcomed second note. Did I dive in too fast? I'll rewind a bit...
Strolling through lower Capitol Hill post movie viewing, Nick and I take a detour into rustic getaway--a dreamland of reclaimed wood if you will--Melrose Market. A butcher greets you with a winning smile from the behind the case of shiny meats. I repeat, a butcher looks into your weary eyes, smiles, and greets you. We walk through the not-so-huge space, admiring handwritten chalkboard menus, a tempting wine happy hour, and an upstairs loft that sells the cutest tea towels you'll ever see in one place ever (and I work in a kitchen store!). Finally, we wind down and around to the artisan cheese counter, The Calf & Kid. Wedges of fragrant, milk-white cheese candies perch upon shelves in a chilled case. If I could've only taken them all home and peel you away, layer by layer, with my cheese wire... an activity that apparently is not for the bashful.
Unsurprisingly, I am not within the economic status in which aged cheeses come home with me often (or ever at all). I couldn't just walk away though, so at an affordable $2 a piece, I order what I know I must: a dark brown gem, the goat cheese chocolate truffle. A cool, creamy tartness dances with your tastebuds. They do the tango. It's a back-and-forth between savory and sweet, coolness and warmth.
"It's my two favorite things in one bite!" I squealed. I felt like a kid tasting freshly scooped ice cream for the first time. Though the saccharine and tangy bliss lasted just a moment, it was a perfectly balance morsel.
