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Previously on "Why I'm even fatter today"

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  • darmstadt
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    Currently around the corner from the chocolate museum in Köln, over the road from the senf (mustard) museum. Should I?

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by Dominic Connor View Post
    ... the best chocolatier in the world...
    But it's British chocolate.

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  • Zippy
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    I never understood the attraction of getting pissed for free. Surely we can afford to get pissed at our own expense without really making a dent on our income.
    You need to get a receipt so it feels like a win.

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  • Cliphead
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    Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
    Always nice to get something for free Especially champagne.

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  • Dominic Connor
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    I never understood the attraction of getting pissed for free. Surely we can afford to get pissed at our own expense without really making a dent on our income.
    Actually, the stuff I was quaffing and eating was reassuringly expensive and it was rather fun to talk to the best chocolatier in the world, who is very focused on his craft.

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  • norrahe
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    You mean you don't have a cellar? INKSPE.
    Which is why she has to scrounge free fizz off people.

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
    Always nice to get something for free Especially champagne.
    You mean you don't have a cellar? INKSPE.

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  • norrahe
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    Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
    Always nice to get something for free Especially champagne.
    Indeed, free bubbly is always nice. Not that fussed about the chocolate.

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by doodab View Post
    Just around the corner from work. I would check it out, but I am banned from eating chocolate as well
    Isn't it time to think about nibbling on a barrel?

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  • mudskipper
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    I never understood the attraction of getting pissed for free. Surely we can afford to get pissed at our own expense without really making a dent on our income.
    Always nice to get something for free Especially champagne.

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by Zippy View Post
    So you stuffed your face and got pissed for free? Winner
    I never understood the attraction of getting pissed for free. Surely we can afford to get pissed at our own expense without really making a dent on our income.

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  • cojak
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    Originally posted by Dominic Connor View Post
    Spent last night at the opening of Paul A Young's new chocolate shop, was forced to eat very nice chocolates whilst Mr. Young's lackeys poured me champagne to clear my palette. Has a nice chat with the chief henchman who explained how the relative diffusion rates of different esters gave a layered taste and how they'd been working out how to get the crispness right using the Diamond Light Source.

    It may not shock you to learn that the choccies are reassuringly expensive...
    Paul A Young Fine Chocolates
    Oh my. It's just as well my new contract isn't in London - those are contractor choccies!

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  • norrahe
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    Originally posted by doodab View Post
    Just around the corner from work. I would check it out, but I am banned from eating chocolate as well
    Couple of hours drive and I can hit the chocolatiers in Brugge

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  • doodab
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    Only here can you admire the Brandenburg Gate,
    the Titanic and the Berlin Reichstag as giant works of chocolate art.
    Nice.

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  • darmstadt
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    Mmmm, sounds nice, I like chocolate and was here last year: Fassbender & Rausch Chocolatiers am Gendarmenmarkt Berlin. Herzlich willkommen im größten Schokoladenhaus der Welt

    (Menu: http://www.fassbender-rausch.de/down...urant-2012.pdf)

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