Cukiernia Komandorska
It all begins with an idea.
UPDATE (18/05/2018): I know I was just here, however I had gotten out of work nearby and had to wait for a friend to finish so we could go out to Spiż for banana beer. Having 30 minutes to kill, I figured—a milkshake, why not? I circled back here and got their Chocolate Dream (Czekoladowy Sen). He charged me 14zł even though it was posted up on the menu display as 15zł. I didn’t fight with him. I requested it to-go and he said that wouldn’t be a problem. They actually ended up giving it to me in a very large, commercially designed—with the swirling “Cafe, Coffee, Cappuccino” tag words—paper cup with a tall green straw shooting out the opening spot for sipping. It worked splendidly. The younger gentleman delivered it to me upstairs where I had decided to set up shop on one of the black couches previously mentioned in the review. And, dear lord if it wasn’t one of the most comfortable places to sit that I’d ever found. I just sunk into this gushy, mushy pillow and reveled in a milkshake—which, by the way, wasn’t the best I’d ever had, but I’d venture to say it was one of the highest caliber in terms of quality. It had a little grit, but this wasn’t powder grit. It was substance made finer by a blender—the real chocolate in the chocolate ice cream shining through. As people hiked upstairs with their sundaes and as I nursed my emerald straw, I was once more hit with how sensational this cafe is in how it manages to effortlessly stick to your heart.
Kocia Kawiarnia KOCIARNIA
It all begins with an idea.
For a bit more of the cafe besides the artsy photo featured above 😊:
I call this picture “The Joys and Anguish of Cathood” (and if you read the review, you’ll understand the anguishing part). I think the joy part can be easily inferred 😊
Czekoladziarnia
It all begins with an idea.
UPDATE 05/09/2018: Headed back here with a friend—man, was there just no resisting a second visit to this corner tale of chocolate and schmoozing—and for a second time they didn’t disappoint. I got their chocolate-coffee shake with a scoop of ice cream in it (zestaw mrożona kawowa czekolada z gałką lodów). Yes, you heard that right. On the receipt, they even have a breakdown of the cost of all the drink’s component parts which I though was pretty interesting (a total of 15zł composed of the chocolate shake itself=7zł, whipped cream=4zł, and the ice scream scoop=4zł). We had 3 ice cream choices of the day (caramel, cream, or a fruit one) and I went for cream. You know that blissful bite into a chocolate truffle that is both fluffy enough to lift your spirits and so heavy in richness that you feel like you’re living some type of luxury? This coffee and chocolate icy blend is the milkshake embodiment of this, once more making undeniable Czekoladziarnia’s intimate knowledge of chocolate.
My friend—who purchased the chocolate cake at my urging—smiled up at me at one point. And, amongst her (now delightedly) quick words announced, “I mean, I wouldn’t eat another one because it’d be too sweet.” I burst out laughing not because of the words exactly, but the logic that brought her to the conclusion of can not eat another slice. The conversational context was how she was trying to cut sugar a bit from her diet for her health. But, when it comes to Czekoladziarnia chocolate cake, health is not even factored in. You just need to judge how much of a moment’s sweetness you can handle
