{"id":361,"date":"2007-06-27T05:18:11","date_gmt":"2007-06-27T05:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/27\/valrhona-chocolate-box-and-swiss-chocolate\/"},"modified":"2008-09-01T19:41:14","modified_gmt":"2008-09-01T19:41:14","slug":"valrhona-chocolate-box-and-swiss-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/27\/valrhona-chocolate-box-and-swiss-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"Valrhona Chocolate Box and Swiss Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I’m heading to a country known for its cheese and chocolate (and not France). I’m heading to Switzerland on business.<\/strong> Since chocolate is on my mind (I hope at least to bring back something for the office), I thought I’d add my most recent “taste” of designer chocolate – something I permitted myself to buy in Charles de Gualle airport because I was in France (even for a few hours on a layover) and I had wanted to try them for some time. <\/p>\n

I have already waded through Richart, another French chocolate brand<\/a>, and Neuhaus, a Belgian one<\/a>, and spent time in KaDeWe in Berlin, drooling on their chocolate counters<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\"Valrhona<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

I won’t pretend that I really “know” Valrhona<\/a> that well. I imagine that will come after numerous boxes and tastings. The chocolates were of course, excellent, but I had heard so much about Valrhona from other bloggers as it seems to be the favorite baking chocolate<\/strong>. Don’t believe me? Check out how many mentions of the stuff is in the round-ups from Sugar High Friday, Chocolate By Brand. (Parts 1<\/a> – 2<\/a> – 3<\/a> – 4<\/a>)<\/p>\n

And incidentally, it’s Valrhona that plays a part in the most expensive chocolate in the world – the Knipschildt truffle<\/a> at $2600\/pound.<\/p>\n

Luckily, I didn’t pay that much for these, and it was a good excuse to again have friends over for a tasting. <\/p>\n

Presentation is always key and opening this box up felt like winning the lottery. Pretty gold insides. I wish I had seen these before Richart – after viewing those chocolates<\/a>, the decorations on these seemed pretty boring. <\/p>\n

\n\"Inside<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

Any brand of chocolate YOU recommend I try?<\/strong> What about a Swiss brand of chocolate? Ever get so obsessed about the little squares of chocolate that you bought a whole 2 kilo bag of assorted ones to “take home and share with everyone” and it didn’t make it? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I’m heading to a country known for its cheese and chocolate (and not France). I’m heading to Switzerland on business. Since chocolate is on my mind (I hope at least to bring back something for the office), I thought I’d add my most recent “taste” of designer chocolate – something I permitted myself to…<\/p>\n

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