A room from dreams

Beside all the incredible food places that I found in Vilnius, this is surely one of the more special.

AJ Šokoladas is a small chocolate shop, located in the old town, close to the cathedral. Walking by you'll notice an ice cream bar standing outside and perhaps the beautiful multi story cakes that are decorating their windows. But what attracted as to come in was a sign announcing a "chocolate room".

At first we weren't even sure what it could be, after all it's a chocolate shop offering a chocolate, right. Entering we were embraced by the divine smell of processed cocoa and sweetness, and our eyes barely notice beautiful interior of the place as they were gazing all over the treys and jars of incredible chocolate goods.

But back to the ''chocolate room'': it turned out to be an entire corner, with furniture, crockery, decor and even a lady, cat and a fire place, all in the natural size, made entirely out of chocolate. Many pieces looked so very realistic, it would be easy to believe they could permanently there.

And it turned out this isn't even the best of it, as they're having an entire chocolate museum located in Trakai.

Once so fascinated by the sight and enchanted by the sweet smell in the air, it was impossible for us to leave, without trying out at least some of sinfully good looking things.

The menu wasn't any shorter of the expectations. Filled with chocolate infused coffees, cocktails and other drinks, pieces of all sorts of cakes and creatively crafted desserts.

To make the best of it, I decided to give a first try to a coffee with chocolate and liquer, and a Black chocolate cake with marzipan, Cuban rum, juicy cherries and florentine layer. My friends were more modest and ordered some almond milk shakes, which weren't any less of amazing.

Experience was certainly incredible (at least for me as a chocolate lover), but it soon turned out my friends enjoyed it just as much, as the next day they suggested to return there, since they wanted to try some cakes as well.

So there we were again, this time sitting in the front, in the brighter room with direct view over the amazing chocolate tilt. Inspired by the milk shakes, I also ordered one, the banana and chocolate flavoured, and while my friend was trying out another one of the cakes, I decided for a cute pistachio dessert in a cup, enriched by meringues.

The shop we visited "Pilies šokoladinė" is located at Pilies str. 8 in the old town, but they are having several locations, even in Vilnius.