Originally Posted by KLouis
(Post 30128016)
My usual add-on: If you decide to go for industrial chocolate bars available at supermarkets, do try Novi. Their gianduja is really good. Or, to have the experience that Perche described above, buy a chocolate bar (they carry different ones) at Eataly, and make sure to buy one with more than 60-70% cocoa. In that case try one without milk or anything else. But careful: more calories than any plate of pasta. :D
The higher the cacao percentage, the better it is likely to be. The only place I've seen it get way, way up there, like almost just cacao and spice, is Sicily. Next, Piemonte. I shouldn't have failed to mention Perugia. Great chocolate is there too, if you look for it. In fact, they have a chocolate festival every October that draws over a million visitors in just a week, who come for the chocolate. Chunks of real chocolate half the size of a car are displayed, and they carve off pieces for you with a hammer and a chisel. Real chocolate can be found in the USA too, particularly in places like Kansas City, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and in most countries in Europe, as well as Australia, South America, and it is also found in Japan. But it seems easier to get real chocolate in Italy. |
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