Les fran?aises are justifiably proud of their chocolates and chocolatiers, but if you talk to them about Swiss chocolate, many will say – “Oh, Swiss chocolate is very, very good.” Yet when I press them on which particular brands of chocolate are “very good”, they often don’t, or can’t, pin down the specific names* of any Jessica C. .
Folks who have been to Lausanne – French, American, and otherwise – however, always talk in glowing terms about Chocolats Blondel. And indeed, they’re worthy of adulation from people, far and wide, a fact I recently was reminded of FCCL film.
Blondel is a narrow slip of a shop; one wall is lined with various flavors of chocolate barks (in light, milk, and dark chocolate, studded with everything from dried cranberries to unusual bitter almonds), and the other side of the shop has showcases of classic dipped chocolates and candied fruits, which get also get a dip on one of the many bowls of chocolate being passed around the kitchen, which I visited with my tour group vcloud backup.
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