Comments on: Chocolate Bark from the Alps

By: Kerrin

Kerrin — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:51:51 +0000

Karen, ooooh me too – I just love Läderach chocolate ! And you are so right, best to not look at the total price at the end. Because you get a “small” piece of this one, a “small” piece of that one… and before you know it, well, you have a whole lot of chocolate ! My favorite is the dark chocolate with little crunchy sweet bits of blackberry. So good. What’s your favorite ?

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:41:09 +0000

OMG–Laderach is by far, the best chocolate I’ve ever consumed! We stumbled upon the Merkur in Zurich one day while killing some time before catching a train. My goodness, the visual first snags you and then you go in and start ordering pieces of bark and then you give them your little plastic card and they give you your chocolate! Then you eat it and it is heavenly! My advice: don’t look at the total; just enjoy. We load up on the way to the airport by getting off the train in Zurich, then catching the next one to the airport. This usually means some early-morning shopping. All worth it.

By: Kerrin

Kerrin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:22:30 +0000

Randy, so tell us – did you and your wife finish all that chocolate yet ? Wow, I am picturing a whole suitcase full ! And no problem at customs, that’s a good thing. How perfect that your brother lives so close to the Food Emporium in NY – he may start wondering how come you’re visiting him so often, haha! Thanks for sharing… Enjoy the chocolate.

By: Randy

Randy — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:06:55 +0000

I too found Merkur while travelling in Basil, and on my last trip (there were three) i brought home over 20 Kilos of Laderach Dark Bark Chocolate (my largest haul by far), with different varieties of nuts for my wife. Needless to say, I have created a monster in my wife, who will now only eat Laderach Dark Chocolates.

Being an American, living in Baltimore, I am thrilled that they are importing their chocolate to the Food Emporium in NY, and very happy that I have a brother who works about 10 blocks from the Food Emporium.

Its less risky to import fine swiss chocolate from NY to MD, then it is to carry it home from Basil to Baltimore.

By: Kerrin

Kerrin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:00:11 +0000

Sardines, gravels and watches. My new shopping list for the next trip back to the US ! Thanks everyone for the ideas !

Katy, yes I do totally agree with you. It frustrates me to see products just about everywhere – when you think they are truly special and unique to your travels. But you are so right – it’s the experience that counts, absolutely !! Here’s a good example: We all know how in love I am with Laduree macarons. Well when I was living in NYC and heard they might have a shop in the Plaza – I was more disappointed than excited. What’s the fun of that – too easy and accessible. Takes out the excitement of going to Paris and being there — having the experience !! (But then again, for those who can not travel, I definitely see the advantages for them…)

Oh, and thanks for your comment on the picture. I might just have to take a walk over to Bahnhofstrasse this afternoon…. and create a new stack !

By: katy

katy — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:48:20 +0000

oh, I meant to say before I got on my high horse, that I LOVE your pic of the chocolate stack!

I was also a bit stunned at the price of (what I thought was ) my sparse bag of chocolate pieces . . .

By: katy

katy — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:46:21 +0000

Isn’t it sooo disappointing that you can find everything anywhere? Sometimes, I think I’ve reconciled this issue by acknowledging that it is the experience that matters and that can’t be found everywhere. However, I still think it sucks. Who would ever buy Italian pottery in Cleveland? It’s like cheating.

By: Chocolate

Chocolate — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:23:38 +0000

I love chocolate bark, especially swiss..Neat story:)

By: Marilyn Roth

Marilyn Roth — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:56:11 +0000

Hi Kerrin,

Your photography is sensational and the articles make me want to grab my passport and jump on a plane to Europe.
Good work!
Marilyn

By: Carol Harrison

Carol Harrison — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:27:00 +0000

Hello Kerrin
I am so happy that your Mom forwarded your blog to me. Your photography is outstanding. I loved reading all of your travels, reviews and feel like I was right there with you tasting and seeing everything….
I remember our trip to Paris in 1994 and reading your blog brings back wonderful memories…
keep up the good work.
best wishes
Carol