THE CHOCOLATE BAMBOO

The chocolate bamboo is an idea which came up two years ago when i was working at the Fairmont Dubai.  My pastry chef at that time helped me build this showpiece the first time.  After that there have been plenty of modifications to its original form.  The bamboos are completely made from Cocoa Barry white Chocolate.  The most challenging part is making the bamboos by itself, bamboos are supposed to be hollow so if we just made a stick filled with chocolate it would not do justice to the real bamboos.  So we made all the chocolate bamboo's hollow in the center.  We then air brushed it with some edible colours to give it a more realistic look.  Finally we added some lady bugs, butterflies and dragon flies to bring it closer to Nature's creation.