As an American in Antwerp it would be very easy to walk into any chocolatier and be happy. The worst chocolate in Belgium will make American chocolate look like an embarrassed stepchild. There are a ton of them to choose from, but all of them are not true chocolatiers. The store itself is quaint, it can probably fit eight people inside tops. The people who work there are extremely helpful and friendly. Elisa Pralines is everything that is right with the world, really.
When you find the right chocolatier* you will spend countless nights when you get home wishing you had more, smelling the empty box you brought back when it was full of lustrous chocolates and fondly dreaming of the tiny store, Elisa Pralines, and its wonderful contents where you were enveloped with real Belgian chocolate flavor, smell and ambiance.
Don't wake me up, Elisa Pralines was like heaven...a heaven where you can stuff your face with the most beautiful handmade chocolates and want more the second your last bite goes down.
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* Apologies for the excessive use of the word "chocolatier," but it just sounds good. read more