07 May 2020
With Almaty’s lockdown showing tentative signs of easing – we’re now allowed out to exercise as well as shop, a bit of a celebration is called for and a root around the cupboards produced a splendid horde of country-themed, Central Asian chocolate .
We unearthed some bars of chocolate named after Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan – perfect for a blindfold taste-test to see what Central Asia’s finest chocolate tastes like. To keep it interesting, we entered a wildcard – chocolate infused with kurut (a wind dried fermented milk product) from Kyrgyzstan.
Here are the blindfold taster’s notes:
- Dark but not too bitter, a bit orangey, quite like a hare – nice!
- Unusual, something Englishy, something a bit like a fox, not very sweet, nice!
- Sweeter than the others, like a soft horse chunkyish feel.
- Tobleroneish, darkish, a little bit bitter and chewy; like a naughty monkey.
Can you guess which description goes with which bar?
Check in the comments below for the results…
Knidos Cookery Club 
I’ve only tasted the Kazakhstan bar, but I am betting that is number 1.
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it was actually the third , sweeter one!
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You should try dark chocolate Рахат.
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i have – it’s great, too!
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1. Dark but not too bitter, a bit orangey, quite like a hare – nice! (Uzbekistan)
2. Unusual, something Englishy, something a bit like a fox, not very sweet, nice! (Kyrgyzstan)
3. Sweeter than the others, like a soft horse, chunkyish feel. (Kazakhstan)
4. Tobleroneish, darkish, a little bit bitter and chewy; like a naughty monkey. (Kyrgyzstan – kurut)
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