Cacao, ganache, praline
Chocolate
Chocolate is patisserie’s darker sibling: fewer ingredients, less forgiveness. Twenty-one houses, from a Parisian sculptor of cacao to bean-to-bar makers in Singapore and Hong Kong.
ChocolatierParis · Rue de Seine and Tokyo Ginza
Pierre Marcolini
Bean to bonbon, in couture boxes
ChocolatierParis · Boulevard Saint-Germain and Madeleine
Patrick Roger
The sculptor
ChocolatierParis · Rue de Turenne, the Marais
Jacques Genin
Caramels and the mille-feuille to order
ChocolatierParis · Rue Saint-Honoré and Tokyo
Jean-Paul Hévin
The chocolate bar and the macaron
ChocolatierParis · Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, worldwide
La Maison du Chocolat
The house of the ganache
ChocolatierParis · Rue de la Roquette, the Manufacture
Le Chocolat Alain Ducasse
A manufacture in the Bastille
ChocolatierLondon · Soho and the City
Paul A. Young
The London ganache
ChocolatierLondon · Belgravia, Motcomb Street
Rococo Chocolates
Artisan bars in blue and white
ChocolatierMonaco · The Rock and the Métropole gallery
Chocolaterie de Monaco
Purveyor to the Prince
ChocolatierDubai · Dubai Mall and the airport
Al Nassma
Chocolate from camel milk
ChocolatierZurich · Bahnhofstrasse and Storchengasse
Confiserie Teuscher
The champagne truffle
ChocolatierZurich · Bahnhofstrasse and across Switzerland
Läderach
Fresh chocolate, broken to order
ChocolatierZurich · Kilchberg, on the lake
Lindt Home of Chocolate
The tallest chocolate fountain
ChocolatierVienna · Freyung and the Palais Ferstel
Xocolat
Vienna’s modern chocolatier
ChocolatierVienna · Graben
Altmann & Kühne
Tiny chocolates in hat boxes
ChocolatierNew York · West 42nd Street, Bryant Park
Kreuther Handcrafted Chocolate
Bonbons beside a two-star kitchen
ChocolatierNew York · Nolita, Prince Street
Stick With Me Sweets
Painted bonbons in Nolita
ChocolatierTokyo · Tomigaya, Shibuya
Minimal Bean to Bar Chocolate
Two ingredients, one origin
ChocolatierTokyo · Ginza Six
Le Chocolat de H
Japanese flavours in French bonbons
ChocolatierHong Kong · Sheung Wan and Wong Chuk Hang
Conspiracy Chocolate
Hong Kong bean to bar
ChocolatierSingapore · Sin Ming Lane and the department stores
Fossa Chocolate
Singapore’s own cacao
What to drink with the bar
Chocolate Pairing Finder
Set the cacao percentage, the character of the chocolate and the moment of the day, and the finder ranks twenty-two drinks, from a light-roast Ethiopian coffee to a tawny port.