TheRoof Lifestyle Online Magazine | Page 12

SUMMERBIRD food Summerbird started out as a small company spending no money on marketing or sales personal but today it’s a huge success with stores all around Denmark. The simple philosophy was from the beginning - only to use the best available locally grown ingredients and an exclusive cooperation with Valrhona chocolate, which is known to be best chocolate quality in the world. Top-quality hand-made chocolate Summerbird Chocolaterie is situated in one of Copenhagen’s best city-centre shopping streets. Here, young dedicated people have been creating top-quality hand-made chocolate for 15 years. The philosophy behind Summerbird’s is to give customers an outstanding taste experience. The basic component is their famous marzipan made from 75% Valencia almonds and 25% sugar. The raw-chocolate is from Valrhôna - no additives or preservatives. This, of course, means limited keeping qualities, so the chocolate sold here is always 100% fresh. Summerbird is available in many shapes and sizes: bars, different almond-based chocolates, as well as assorted chocolates. The best known piece of chocolate is perhaps the butterfly-shaped marzipan covered in dark chocolate. This has also given name to the shop, since the Danish word for butterfly (sommerfugl) quite literally translates as ‘summerbird’. New inovations or classics Another one to go for is the chocolate with raspberry and peach: Alsatian raspberries and white peaches from Gascony are transformed into a light ganasche and thereafter combined with the famous Valencia almond-based marzipan. The beautiful ‘symponie de chocolat’ gift-box offers a good selection according to season. Classics such as marzipan with provence orange, gianduja, fresh raspberry ganasche, and the pure amande, are always available.