Originally Posted by
Djlawman
Best we have found in many excursions anywhere so far would have to be Dumon in Bruges (Brugge), Belgium. Unfortunately, and to my deep regret, there appears to be no way to order it over the web anywhere I have found.
Another great Belgian Chocolatier is Corne Port-Royal.
I second the recommendation of Maison du Chocolat in Paris as well. Staying in a hotel nearby for a week, we stopped in almost every day for a few chocolates, and it was a great memory of our trip.
Okay, now I really have a craving.
Djlawman
Just returned from Bruges and agree that Dumon was the best we found anywhere. When I asked Madame Dumon about shipping she said they had to discontinue it because customs kept breaking apart each piece of chocolate.
It sounded odd, but when we returned home Sunday all of our beautiful Dumon chocolate bunnies had been taken out of their boxes and broken apart
into pieces (see my KLM post)
Thank goodness the other boxes were in a different suitcase and arrived home unscathed.
We didn't end up trying it, but the locals in Bruges swear by The Chocolate Line. It's not as traditional as Dumon but experimental with exotic additions like curry or Cuban tobacco leaves.