Chocolate Weekly Review by LIJIN: Desobry

Desobry is Belgium Company that is cooking biscuit, it was founded in 1947. there are four to five kinds of new products each year. But, I recommend the Permanent collection of chocolate biscuit. A variety of cookies with different proportion of chocolate is smell of charming. Desobry became the masters in the field of making chocolate cookies. Each cookie is a treasure, which is full of chocolate and biscuits fragrance. Its taste and quality are popular in a lot of countries. It successfully occupied the chocolate lover's heart. We agreed that the Belgian chocolate after conquered Europe, it also conquered the other areas. Such as, Oceania and America For me, I am one of loyal customers and foever.

Cadbury's new chocolate combinations

Could this be the greatest Aussie food combo for chocolate? It has been the most talked about combination, the two Aussie favourites : Vegemite + chocolate! 

Cadbury has asked fans to tweet using the hashtag #chocpluswhat tweeting suggestions of new cadbury combinations. As a result 4 new flavours were introduced, the golden toffee, pretzel and peanut, salted caramel, and last but not least vegemite. There has been mixed reviews on the new vegemite flavour, many reviews stated it tastes like salted caramel, and only has a slight and subtle  taste of vegemite taste. Others suggested that it will be better off made with dark chocolate and others have said that the after taste isn't pleasant. 

I personally dislike vegemite but I'm curious on how the combo would go together. What are some chocolate combinations you wished exist? If you want your suggestions to be heard just tweet #chocpluswhat on twitter with your suggestion. 

Chocolate from the Philippines!

There are many different chocolate dishes from many countries around the world. Where I come from, the Philippines, one of our most famous chocolate dishes is called Champorado. This is a sweet chocolate rice pudding made by boiling sticky rice with cocoa powder, with milk and sugar added to give it an even sweeter taste. This dish is perfect for warming up your body during a cold winter night, or can be served as a nice meal for breakfast. I highly recommend this dish for any chocolate lovers around the world.

Here is a recipe and simple guide to make it:

http://www.food.com/recipe/rich-chocolate-cherry-brown-rice-pudding-93257

What are some signature chocolate dishes from your country?

Chocolate Weekly Review by LIJIN: Anthon Berg

Anthon berg is chocolate brand was born in 1884. The picture is showing one of the most famous products. Each carton has eight different kinds of flavor, a total of 64 bottles. It is suitable for festive occasion, dark chocolate bottles are filled with some of the world’s most prestigious spirit brands. Sauza, Borghetti, Remy Martin, Vodka, Galliano, Jim Beam Whiskey, Cointreau and 1858 Canada Whiskey are harmoniously combined with the rich, robust flavours of premium chocolate. I very surprise it packing. When I open it I can smell the alcohol. I occasionally enjoy a bottle, because it contains alcohol. You can't eat it when you want to driving. The bitter taste of chocolate is mixed with the sweetness of wine, It can balance between two taste and bring new experience. 

Timeout - Chocolate Cheesecake Bar time!

If you guy have read my previous blog posts, you would know that I have a massive addition for coffee, sour foods and sweets. Typical. I’m 19, in university and would better than to invest my spare time in indulging on fattening foods and drinking coffee to get back that time at night. However one thing I haven’t mentioned was my love for cheesecake. You simply do not know how much I love cheesecake (before I ramble on, I must specify that I am not a girl in case anyone was wondering, cheesecake is unisex).  

So my weekly shopping commenced, the daily essentials such as bread and milk was tipping my basket and when I thought my trip had ended with the heavy weight. But aimlessly, I had walked past the confectionary aisle again. My brain had already said that I had too much sweets this week and I shouldn’t spoil myself more. But then I saw it. Raspberry cheesecake chocolate. Yes, every single word you read was right, a raspberry cheesecake chocolate bar. What the hell?! There is a thing like this?!

Without a second thought, it ended up being the icing on my shopping basket and I ended racing home to try this variety from the Naked Truth Collection.

The first thing I saw when I reached for the bar and laid it on the table was the name. Consistent with its design and its gimmicky names (that bring a sense of guilt) was labelled “Timeout with my…(Raspberry Cheese Cake)” . Timeout – you can’t a better timeout when you have chocolate and even better was cheesecake as well.

Okay let’s get done to business. This bar stands at 40g, a fraction bigger than the average sized bar I’m use to introducing and indulging. But this is most likely due to the filling inside as I really can’t think how they can incorporate a cheesecakes texture without inflating the normal chocolate bar a little.

The first bite was heavenly, 2 thin layers of chocolate sandwiched between a spread of cheesecake. It sounds really heavy I know, but similar to the lemon in the milk chocolate I introduced before, the fruitiness of the raspberry off-setted the heavy cheesiness and cocoa. The raspberry was lightly sprinkled inside the spread of cheesecake and therefore didn’t allow the sweetness of the cheesecake to take over at once. It was a beautiful concoction.

So how does it stand in my books? The guilt this time was a bit too much for me. Although this bar racked in full points in flavour (even thought I am biased) the aftertaste was too strong and my mouth just lingered with a sweet sensation. If you are to try this, bring water. But if you are having a stressful day, weak mental fortitude or think gym is for hipsters – this bar will give you the best of both worlds. 

Movie about chocolate

Chocolate is one of the most popular treats in the world, its only right that there was a movie about it! Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was the most famous movie about chocolate. It was released in 1975, 20 years before I was born, but I still watched it and it was one of my favourite movies to watch as a young chocolate-loving child. When I was young Cadbury ran a promotion and hid golden tickets in their products just like in this movie, I begged my parents to get one every time we visited the grocery store but never found the ticket.

This was my favourite scene in the movie, it wowed me to imagine visiting such a place!

Pana Chocolate

Pana chocolate, a guilt-free chocolate that is beautifully made in Australia. Pana chocolate is rich, smooth and velvety which is raw, vegan, gluten free, suitable for people who are coeliac and soy intolerant, low GI, and organic. Pana choclate is made using a different process than the regular process used to make chocolate. Since Pana chocolate is a raw chocolate, 42 degrees is the maximum heat level used as the nutrients must be kept in their purest form. The ingredients used to make Pana chocolate are natural and wholesome and is sweetened with agave nectar. 

Over the weekend i visited Pana chocolate which is located at 21 Fountain St, Alexandria NSW. There was a wide variety of chocolates, I had a chance to try four different types and they all taste sensational! i would rate it a 8/10. 

Have you tried Pana chocolate? Whats your favourite Pana chocolate?