Today I joined a beer and chocolate tour, operated by The Brussels Journey (highly recommend it if you come here). Over four and a half hours we visited 5 different chocolate stores where the chocolate is hand-made, or hand-roasted, and sampled a load of chocolate. Amazing. My favourite was the 72% dark chocolate rum and raisin praline from Saint Catherine atelier in Sablon, which tastes like Christmas. Chocolate was used in the old days to coat medicine so it was easier to swallow, and I think NZ could have benefited from this approach! Then we also visited maybe 5 different pubs to sample the local beer; I say maybe 5 because after sampling more than a dozen different beers I can’t remember! I’m not a beer drinker normally, but the beer here is fabulous. So many to choose from, so many different tastes and levels of alcohol – some up to 12%! I met lots of fellow travellers and had a great evening 🙂 Limited photos taken, probably corresponding with the intake of chocolate and beer which took my full attention. Highly recommend you come and try it for yourself. Hic 🙂 🙂
Brussels Grand Place is quite beautiful 
