Originally Posted by number_6

I happened to be in Europe and re-routed to go via BRU in order to check out the chocolate situation more closely (but I was limited to what was at the airport, as I only had an hour there). Tried several different Neuhaus products, and wasn't too impressed. It is good chocolate, but no longer the best in the world or as special as it once was. Perhaps the airport store isn't the best place for such a tasting, but I now prefer other chocolates to Neuhaus. In fact I bought a Nestle Noir bar and it was almost as good (too bad they don't sell those in the US!). I guess the chocolate business has gotten to be a lot more competitive than it used to be (maybe due to better distribution channels, allowing lower volume products to exist).