Wintertime with the Chocolate Girl
As low as €59.00
Today, the parlor maid will guide you through the demonstration workshop and the museum and explain during a tasting which role hot chocolate plays in the history of the manufactory. A noble menu on Meissen porcelain in three courses rounds off the event in the Meissen restaurant.
This tour is available in English only upon request. Please kindly contact our visitor service for a booking.
Jean-Etienne Liotard’s The chocolate girl pastel, on display in Dresden’s Old Masters Gallery [Gemäldergalerie Alte Meister], inspired the eponymous mid-19th-century Meissen figurine. More than one and a half centuries later, the famous chambermaid is given new life as part of this evening’s costume tour through the Demonstration Workshops and Museum of the Meissen Porcelain Foundation. Throughout the course, participants will be introduced to the history of the pleasurable drinks at MEISSEN, explained through numerous exhibits. A tasting of hot chocolate based on an original 18th-century recipe will round out the tour.
At the end of the evening, a winter-themed three-course dinner will be served on Meissen porcelain at Café Meissen:
Truffle Gnocchi in Chestnut Cream Soup
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Roast Veal Loin on a Pumpkin–Potato Tartlet with Oven-Roasted Tomato and Port Wine Jus
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Vegetarian Stuffed Bell Pepper
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Dessert Inspiration of Chocolate, Winter Parfait, and Mulled Plums
This tour is available in English as well. Please kindly contact our visitor service for a booking.
Duration: approx. 2.5 hours