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Last Wednesday, high-end chocolate maker Jean-Paul Hevin celebrated the opening of his first China boutique with a hot chocolate making demonstration at ifc Mall. Constantly ranked as one of the world's top chocolatiers, (no.1 in Japan in 2004, no.1 in France just last year, and a collection of other awards for specific chocolate treats under his belt) Hevin showed us his careful chocolate-making process, whipping up 6 different flavored chocolate beverages with some interesting combinations like mango, green tea, and raspberry. more ›

Being true chocoholics (remember our chocolate death match between Whisk and hof?), we jumped at a chance to try the newest place in town - Café Godiva. Get ready to drool! more ›

It is in fact National Chocolate Day today (at least in the United States,where most of our blogging brethren are based), so in the spirit of that, Shanghaiist is pitting two of Shanghai's most famous chocolate purveyors against each other in a Chocolate Face-Off! more ›

It looks like China’s getting a sugar rush: this month, chocolate is hitting Beijing in the form of an extravagant three-month-long dedicated theme park, while Shanghai hosts a slightly more modest three-day chocolate exhibition. more ›

We firmly believe that chocolate cannot be confined to one day -- especially with such an overabundance of choices! Therefore, we present Part II of our quest for chocolate (within a 15 minute time frame). This time, we bring you the foreign stuff. Enjoy. more ›

In light of the recent spat of chocolate-related news, perhaps you may be wondering - what is the state of chocolate in China? more ›

So it seems that Daniel Gross of Slate has finally acknowledged that you can find a chocolate bar in China… well, sort of. The title of his piece is “Chinese Chocolate Mystery Solved!” and the entire intro implies that Gross had been looking for his elusive sweet thing (a, he specified this time, “Hershey’s bar or Chinese equivalent”) in backwoods places, instead of say… Wal-Mart. Only, oh wait, he kind of mentioned that there was a Wal-Mart where he was located. more ›

Daniel Gross of Slate has been over here reporting on the controversial Three Gorges Dam project. And while we can't say anything too bad about his coverage of that - which, while it reads more like a disgruntled travel piece than actual hardhitting journalism, is generally close enough to what little facts we know about the dam that it makes it impossible for us to nitpick - we were surprised by one of his pronouncements: more ›

• Take note, all you kinky bastards out there. Novelty chocolate body spreads manufactured in Zhongshan, Guangdong and sold in sex shops across Britain have been found to contain melamine. In New Zealand, chocolate body pens and spreads have also been taken off the shelves. Edible toys from your local sex store are not a good idea. Make a trip to the organic food store instead.
• In Korea, melamine has been found in processed egg products from China such as duck’s yolk powder, egg power, albumen power and yolk liquid. Authorities have ordered the immediate destruction of 23.2 tons currently held by importers.
• 2 more made-in-China biscuit products manufactured under the Korean brand Lotte have been found to contain melamine in the Philippines.

AP: Cadbury has recalled 11 types of China-made candy in Hong Kong although it has not been confirmed that melamine has been found in those products. Supermarkets have also been pulling Oreo's, M&M's and Snickers off the shelves after Indonesia found traces of melamine in those products. Will these products be taken down in China next? (Update: Cadbury is pulling its chocolates off shelves on the mainland now)
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