チョコレート好きな私のリストです。きっともっといろいろおいしいチョコレートがあると思うのですがとりあえず思い出せるものを。アメリカや日本で作られているチョコレートは同じブランドでもヨーロッパのものは似て非なるものです、ご注意を。私は必ず空輸されたものかどうか、いつ届いたものか聞いててから買うようにしています。以下で注意が必要なのはゴディバとヴィタメールです。
Special Occasions - とっておきのチョコレート
- Richart - French chocolatier, very expensive, dark, and exotic - chocolate with jasmine tea, basil, thyme, curry praline, for example. Some combinations of flavors sound strange and takes some courage to try, but you will be happily surprised. Great experience to explore your taste frontier. Reasonable options in small bags are available in store. フランスの高級ショコラティエ、ハーブやスパイスなどちょっとかわったコンビネーションも。ダークチョコレートでは最高かも？
- Godiva - In BELGIUM. Godiva in the US and in Japan are made in respective countries and taste very different from the 'real' one from Belgium - not worth the price tag in my opinion. The real ones are worth a few pounds around the waist. ベルギーの老舗の本物をお試しください、味が違います。日本とアメリカはフランチャイズです。
- Wittamer - from Belgium. This used to be my favorite, but I have not had their chocolate for a while. Some people say that their quality declined in recent years.... You can order from their French web site for worldwide shipment. Wittamer Japon's products are not imported but made in Japan. ベルギーの老舗です。とっても好きだったのですが、昔ほどではないという悲しい噂も耳にしました。フランスのサイトから世界中に航空便で送ってくれるそうです。ヴィタメール・ジャポンの商品は日本製です。
- Neuhaus - from Belgium. Happy 150 year anniversary! You can have your chocolate cravings shipped directly from Belgium (shipping worldwide) or buy from stores in the US (they have their chocolate air-shipped from Belgium on weekly basis). Shops in NY, San Fransisco, Washington DC, and Seattle. In Chicago, Macy's department store carries their chocolate. In Japan, there is a store in Ginza. Filling is very creamy & fruity. I am also addicted to Diavola Buscuits, dark chocolate covered crispy caramel-colored buscuit and Orangettes, dark chocolate covered orange peels. ベルギーのチョコレートでちょっと気軽かも。クリーミーでフルーティーなフィリングなので新鮮さが肝心、週一回ベルギーから空輸されてます。ビスケットもなかなか癖になります。
- Leonidas - sounds Greek, but another Belgian chocolatier. Feel safe to buy in stores in the US and Japan since chocolates are air-shipped weekly from Belgium. My favorite Palet D'Or; it's intense... not for everyone, I know. 45 locations in the US and 18 locations in Japan. ギリシャみたいな名前ですが、ベルギーの会社です。比較的お手頃？
- La Maison du Chocolat - beautiful chocolate boutique in Paris. Their chocolates are shipped from the manufacturing facility in France. You can buy online or shop at one of two locations each in NY and in Tokyo. 有名なフランスのチョコレートブティックです。製造はすべてフランスです。
Note: Chocolate containing liqour is available only in the following states in the US – アメリカでお酒入りのチョコレートを買える州: California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Texas, and Virginia.
Everyday & Emergency - いつものチョコレート、非常用
- Chocolate bar, buiscuits, and other sweets from Neuhaus and Leonidas keep better than their pralines (their chocolate gems are called pralines, not the same as ’pralines’ in the US). ノイハウス、レオニダの板チョコやクッキーなど。
- Cote d'Or - chocolate bars are readily available in the US - very reasonable option for everyday cravings. ベルギーのチョコレートで割安。
- Lindt - Swiss chocolate. Excellent collection 70%, 85%, 99% are made in France. I believe Madagascar and Ecuador are the same. I also like their Excellence Intense Pear and Orange. Lindors are made in the US. The 99% comes with a warning: you are supposed to build up from 70%, to 85%, and melt only a very small piece of 99% slowly on your tongue. It contains minimum amount of sugar, obviously... and in my mind completely different from what you may call chocolate. It is a 'patch' for chocoholics: cures your chocolate cravings very quickly with minimal calorie intake. The best emergency supply, but only for real dark chocolate lovers. Me? I go straight to 99% without the gradual progression.
ご存知スイスのリンツ。生産拠点が沢山あるので買う前に確認してください。私の好きなエクセレントコレクションのダークチョコレート70%, 85%, 99%は生産地フランスです。９９％は注意書き付き、自信のある方のみお試しください。甘くないのでチョコレートというイメージとはちょっと違うかも。恐いもの見たさでどうぞ。（日本のブランドのものよりは格段に美味しいそうです、日本のは試したことが無いんですが。）
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