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Chocology
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:

My favourite, read the small prints

Aww.. how could you not agree?
Now, what's your unforgettable chocolate encounters?
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about 4 years ago
I love liquor chocolate after I tried them some time ago. Especially with jack daniels as filling, its simply the best combination.
And yes, being a chocolate fan, I’ve purchased and watched “Chocolat” OVER & OVER again! The best thing in ur hands while watching it is not popcorns nor the usual cheesy stuff sold outside the threatre, but chocolates, and moreeeeeeeee chocolates!
Time for more chocolate!:razz::oops::lol:
about 4 years ago
I love all chocolates, dark, white, ice-cream, milk, anything
about 4 years ago
chocolote is part of my staple diet. even when im complaining im piling on weight, chocolate is a MUST.
i dont know if there is max brenner’s in brisbane, but you should try it out. i put it on par with godivas and lindts.
of course when my chocolate reserve runs dry, and im broke, timtams are the best!!!!
chocolate owns me. lol
about 4 years ago
Definitely the most unforgettable chocolate experience I had was visiting the Hershey chocolate factory! Yummy! Almost like being in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.. apart from the Oompa Loompas or the chocolate fountain or Willy Wonka… But you get what I mean!!
Chocoholics unite!
about 4 years ago
chocolates!! ahh yes…they always make my day.
the whites and dark top my list!!
xue li: hei!! chocolate factory? hersheys? gosh, you’ve got to be kidding me!!
For the love of chocolates…peacing out!
about 4 years ago
starcrossedangel: Yeah love Tim Tams too. Too bad they don’t have much variety of flavours here in Malaysia. Not sure about Max Brenner’s though.
about 4 years ago
all my chocolate encounters are unforgettable. and illegal. *smirk*
about 4 years ago
gahhh i already have to read this crap up for my assignment
about 4 years ago
Kit-kats own.
After reading this post, I feel like I could use a LOT of chocolate … ^^
about 4 years ago
Liquer Chocs are just simply amazing.
I remember in the past there were these Jaffa Chocs I used to eat. Orange and Chocolate, which was really chun to eat.
about 4 years ago
I love passing and stopping by the homemade chocolate shops in Europe as I’m very fond of European chocs. Nothing like good Swiss (Lindt, for instance, with 70% cocoa content), Belgian, (Godiva), French (Valrhona) and UK (Thorntons, Charbonnel et Walker and Cadbury’s even) chocolates
I’ve tried chocolates manufactured in the States, Australia, NZ and a few other countries, but they’re nothing compared to the good quality European chocs. Cadbury’s chocolates manufactured locally don’t taste as good (due to the lower cocoa content).