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Established in 1915, Haigh's is Australia's oldest chocolate manufacturer. There are several shops and public presentations regarding Haigh's Chocolates throughout Adelaide, the company's home base. FWIW, there are also Haigh's outlets in Melbourne, if you head that direction. We visited the small Haigh's chocolate shop (#17) at the Central Market in downtown Adelaide. The people running the store clearly LOVE their jobs, and are quite passionate about both chocolate in general and Haigh's in particular. And, they love to share samples. Personally, I don't know how anyone could visit Haigh's without buying a few boxes of their wonderful treat. Haigh's is especially proud to be one of the only specialist chocolate retailers in the world whose chocolate making BEGINS with the raw cocoa bean. Haigh's insists on control of their product from start to finish. This intricate attention to detail shows in every luscious and tempting bite.
Among the items offered by Haigh's are.... The 750g "Signature" presentation box. This is a LOTTA good chocolate, folks. You can get this presentation in "dark connoisseurs, milk AND dark chocolates, or truffles. Another specialty is the 375g milk chocolate frog. This tasty "amphibian" is also available in dark chocolate and milk chocolate-peppermint. How about the 225g "Australian Collection"? It features Aussie ingredients, such as wattle seed crunch, macadamia honey nougat, lemon myrtle cream and quandong. And for folks who just want a chocolate bar, there are the 100g premium bars, available in premium dark, premium milk chocolate, milk chocolate-peppermint, mild chocolate-coffee and milk chocolate-orange.
Finding a pricelist for Haighs, other than when you're IN the Haighs store, is tough. I tried to check the 'net for prices, but failed miserably. To the best of my recollection, the chocolates went for something like A$70 for the 750g boxes. (Which is almost two pounds, right?) Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: Shop 17, Central Market, Arcade, Victoria SquarePhone: 08 8212 2511/8212 7051 (fax)Directions: Downtown Adelaide, on the SW side of Victoria Square. You can enter the arcade from either King William Street or Grote Street.Website: www.haighschocolates.com
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The central Market is quite literally a huge market where nearly anything can be purchased. Its so big you could get lost. Come hungry, there's lots of good window food. You can get anything to eat, and there is a huge section devoted to asian cooking of one stripe or another.
The stalls in the market sell everything from toys to food to freshly baked goods. You can get seafood with the tails twitching, meat that had breakfast that morning, and a lot of specialty mustards and jams. The market is loosely divided into categories, so in one section, you might find people selling clothes, in another, music, yet another row might sell collectibles.
I don't think you'll save a whole lot of money here, but for food you will generally get a slightly higher quality for the same money. prices seemed more or less in line with other stores, but the merchandise was fresher, or hand crafted. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: Grote St.Directions: West of Victoria Square
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