The sweetest battle

Wednesday, November 2, 2005

The Hotel Sacher, on the corner of Philharmonikerstrasse and Karntnerstrasse in the heart of Vienna, is so well known for its namesake chocolate dessert, the Sacher torte, that once some years ago a telegram from an American addressed simply to "Hotel Chocolate Cake, Vienna" was dutifully and without delay delivered to the place.

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