This place is so awesome, its name is ALL IN CAPS.

LAMILL Coffee is one of those super duper expensive coffee shops. Like, $5 for a coffee in a teacup the size of the cups that came with our little dollhouses we girls had when we were younger. Ok, maybe a little bigger, but you catch my drift.

I came here to meet up with Jessica, who I seriously need to see more often. I got there before she did, and I thought I was just going to get coffee, until I saw:

Heck yes! COOKIES! Made with Valrhona chocolate! OMG! That is amazing!

…wtf is Valrhona chocolate? According to Wiki, Valrhona chocolate “is a French chocolate manufacturer based in the small town of Tain L’Hermitage in Hermitage, a wine-growing district near Lyon. …The company also maintains the École du Grand Chocolat, a school for professional chefs with a focus on chocolate-based dishes and pastries.” In a nutshell just to answer our burning question: “Valrhona focuses mainly on high-grade luxury chocolate marketed for professional as well as for private consumption.” Sweet. It also says here that they’re the same level as Godiva. The coffees made with chocolate are made with Valrhona chocolate too.

The coffee was good, and not sweet like Sbux or CB. I actually didn’t eat the cookie while drinking the coffee — in hindsight I probably should have, just to get the full experience. However, I ate it the next day, and it was delicious, and a next-day-delicious-cookie says something about it.

There is definitely something to this cookie. It tasted different (in a good way), and it’s bothering me that I can’t put my finger on what it is. It’s almost crispy and flaky which is uncharacteristic of a cookie. The Valrhona chocolate proved to be a perfect fit in this cookie and made me want all chocolates to be Valrhona chocolate. As you can see, they’re not really chocolate “chips” per se, but more like …chocolate globs. This provided for a great spread of chocolate throughout the cookie. It also must be noted that this cookie wasn’t as sweet as other cookies I’ve eaten.

If you’re in Silverlake and craving a cookie, get one here. Highly recommended if you’re willing to spend the money on a cookie. If you’re sipping a coffee and want something to eat with it, this would be a great choice, since something too sweet would probably taste funny with their coffees.

LAMILL Coffee
1636 Silver Lake Blvd
Los Angeles, California 90026
(323) 663-4441