Bar Chocolat

Came for the free chocolate sampling event which included a free glass of the new Chocolate Baileys. It all seemed a bit over the top and pretentious.
We experience chocolate through our different senses. Starting with taste we got to taste a tiny bit of chocolate and got told about the décor of the rooms which reflected the different chocolates (although I only got to taste one of them, so it’s hard to say).
Then we went into a room where they were pumping the smell of chocolate in, which smelt amazing. They told us the chocolate was been melted within this object in the room and to open the doors on it, however all I could smell is steam when I opened the doors. It did seem a bit of a waste of chocolate wish I was eating it instead.
The following room contained a 60 second film which had been slowed down to 15 minutes. I didn’t get to watch it all as 15 minutes is a long time for a very slow film, probably would have been better if it was 2 – 3.
Finally we entered the final room which had a bar in it. It was very grand with a few seats, a tree and glass floor next to the bar. Initially on trying to trade my token I was given upon entry for the Baileys I was told that I would have to wait until after dinner, although I wasn’t eating. Eventually I was given my Baileys which was presented in a glass goblet with gold decoration on it and a stick with a strawberry on top. It tasted a lot like chocolate and was very creamy, I can’t imagine drinking a lot of this though as it’d be quite sickly.
Through a voile curtain I could see that the dinner party was sat eating their dinner, for £25 you could also enjoy dinner. From what I saw it wasn’t worth it though, the portions looked small and were served onto the temple and every course was served with with some over the top announcement first, also they had only just had their starters when we got arrived into the room around 9:20pm which seemed pretty late to be starting to me.