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... However, when I think about it, the only chocolate for which I specifically make a detour everytime I'm visiting the seaside is The Chocolate Line in Bruges (http://www.thechocolateline.be/) This is one of the three chocolate shops mentionned in the Michelin guide.
That's true, but I think that the conversation extends to anything available to the public.
To elaborate on this, I nearly always disagree with the purist point of view, which is pretty popular here on any number of clothing related subjects. For example, it could be argued that, say, Freeman's Sporting Club, or Paul Stuart, or Domenico Vacca, just to take as disparate retailer/designers as are represented on the forum, don't actually make anything. They contract out with well known manufacturers in various categories, but they do offer a coherent vision.
I think that kiya's point was that they don't make their own chocolate but buy it as raw material and add to nuts, spices, etc... to make bonbons, pralines, etc... what we generally call "chocolates" (plural). Clearly, Marcolini and Vosges manufacture their product, they don't just design and market.
Yes, that's exactly what i meant.. and for the record Vosges and Marcolini don't make any chocolate either. They simply buy chocolate in bulk and mix in nuts, salts, or spices then package it.
Yes, that's exactly what i meant.. and for the record Vosges and Marcolini don't make any chocolate either. They simply buy chocolate in bulk and mix in nuts, salts, or spices then package it.
there is a place around the corner from my house that is a 30 year old artisan shop - the origional owner spent a few years in Belgium studying chocolate making and they turn out some very good stuff. I agree that the really good stuff usually comes out of places like that - a small shop of a handful of fanatics.
I know - what I meant is that they manufacture the bonbons and pralines (even if they don't make the chocolate base), unlike the examples of Paul Stuart or Domenico Vacca who are in the business of designing, sourcing, marketing and retailing products that they don't make or transform.