Chocology
Oct 29, 2005 in General
Vincent says: Spiller is a guy in his late 20's and has spent the last few months working in Brisbane, Australia. He has been in the telecommunications industry for 5 years (like a handphone seller, I reckon). His blog is relatively new….about 2 months old and is called You'll Never Walk Alone (bah…a Liverpool fan). Today he blogs about chocolates.
Well, I'm more to an alchoholic and tobaccologist than a chocoholic, but then again I don't want to be labelled as a bad model to the society, so I thought it would be less controversial to blog about some of my chocolate encounters.
Some background and interesting facts about chocolate:
1. It was originated from Central America, more than 2,000 years ago (Guess nobody would care huh?)
2. These names might sound familiar to you: Conrad J. van Houten, Henri Nestle, Rudolph Lindt and John Cadbury (So?)
3. Sufficient amount of chocolate is toxical to animals like dogs, horses and kittens (Really? Has anyone of you try feeding them chocolate before?)
4. The last movie about chocolate, apart from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, is Chocolat (By Johnny Depp as well, isn't he sweet?)
5. The Swiss consume more chocolate than anyone else. Thanks to their own Lindt, and Barry Callebaut (world's largest chocolate manufacturer, owns Van Houten), and their surrouding famous chocolate-maker, Godiva from Belgium and Ritter Sport from German (Hmm.. Godiva, love it!)
6. However, the world's chocolate sales are dominated by the very familiar three: Mars Inc (M&M's), Nestle and Hershey's (Cadbury at fourth, very close)
Anyway, the inspiration behind this blog, is from a chocolate shop that I came across while I was working in Brisbane months ago.
It's called "Chocolate to Die For"
If you are a chocoholic and yet having the weight consciousness, no worries, check out their items on sale:
See what I mean?
You have no idea
My favourite, read the small prints
Aww.. how could you not agree?
Now, what's your unforgettable chocolate encounters?