Romantics take note: Flowers & Chocolates meet in SoHo

One Stop Shopping for Valentines Day at Chocolate Garden" on 80 Thompson Street.

SoHo, New York's CHOCOLATE GARDEN offers one-stop Valentines Day shopping with handcrafted chocolates and exotic flowers at the newly opened boutique on 80 Thompson Street.

New York, NY, January 29th, 2003 - Kee Ling Tong, chef and owner of Chocolate Garden", invites you to visit her new boutique store on Thompson Street in the historic West side of SoHo. One-stop shopping for sophisticates, hopeless romantics, gourmands and those anxious to make a great impression come Valentines Day. Chocolate Garden is an exciting new addition to this very chic neighborhood.

Chocolate Garden is Kee's first New York boutique, and features roses, lilies and other exotic flowers, as well as luxurious chocolates prepared on-site using all natural premium ingredients. Kee approaches both her flowers and her flavors with the philosophy of simple elegance. Whether it's an exotic orchid poised just so or the subtle truffle melting in your mouth - both present you with the sense of perfection. Gourmands will delight in the innovative infusion of flavors such as jasmine, passion fruit, or lemon basil into chocolate. But even the simple palate can appreciate the whimsy of a cappuccino chocolate that mimics the drink right down to the whipped cream "foam" inside the chocolate shell. Even standard stake on star qualities with pralines, mousse and turtles untainted by excessive gooeyness, overpowering extracts or overdone decorating. All that remains are pure, rich flavors. Indulgences delicious enough to inspire their own phrase..."honest premium chocolate. "In addition to the exotic flower arrangements and chocolates available, Chocolate Garden will also design and prepare wedding cakes and chocolate party favors, and will customize fillings for truffles and chocolates to match your preference.

Kee Ling Tong is a native New Yorker and graduate of the French Culinary Institute under Dean Jacques Torres.

For more information or to sample some of Chocolate Garden's delicious fare, call 212-334-3284 or email Kee at kltong_2000@yahoo.com.