Thanks! There wasn’t any chocolate, but the deep, rich colour probably came from the use of a partially refined brown sugar... I suspect Demerara or Muscovado

, coco jam, coco sugar, muscovado sugar (perhaps even made from my family’s sugar cane plantation!), duck and chicken liver pate (soooo delicious, and a bargain compared to Japanese prices), lots of brittles and stuff from...

and have used it several times since March with good results. I love her use of various sugars. I now also have turbinado sugar, and muscovado sugar. I’m still searching for coconut sugar, but figure I’ll have to...

pollen Carrot Ginger soup with a crab and tarragon spring roll Tuna Tataki with sweet parsnips and a relish of dried black olives and muscovado sugar. Amazing food but still asian Fusion. In all fairness,he has the lattitude to do...

I still like TJs but I liked it better a few years ago before they replaced so many products with the TJ Store Brand. They used to have Nutella, for much cheaper than the grocery store. And the dark brown muscovado sugar. Other...

with dark muscovado sugar and grilled until caramelized. Plated with a chocolate ganache schmear, some homemade rum ice cream, strawberries, blueberries and raspberries macerated in Gran Torres (Spanish version of Grand Marnier),...

Other than rapadura sugar, I believe all the brown sugars (including turbinado, muscovado, sugar in the raw (very missnamed)) get processed to white sugar crystals of varying sizes before having stuff added back in.