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If you're French, you won't last long...which is not true of the martial arts student I met, but he certainly missed French pastries, cheese and chocolate.
But I have had success!
Major tip #1: Too cheap is /never/ good. Dove is comparatively (I use "比较" far too often here) expensive in China, and unfortunately only slightly different from America's but one of the best brands you can find easily.
Major tip #2: Check the ingredients. Cocoa is easily readable: 可可。 You want 可可脂，NOT 代可可脂，i.e. cocoa butter instead of its substitute. (This works pretty well in America, actually, but it's so often substitute in China...)
Note of success: I found Lilac, or 赖勒克, might be good. At any rate, its Hazel Nut Chocolate (榛子巧克力）is scrumptious--it actually tastes like good chocolate, worthy of our Cardullo's tasting! Yay! It's still good that I have a Panda bar hidden here from America, for my time of need...not to mention the Thomas Sweet Chocolates that I'm eating very slowly because my "host" for my first day here refused to do more than eat two of them (and that was with urging).
But I have had success!
Major tip #1: Too cheap is /never/ good. Dove is comparatively (I use "比较" far too often here) expensive in China, and unfortunately only slightly different from America's but one of the best brands you can find easily.
Major tip #2: Check the ingredients. Cocoa is easily readable: 可可。 You want 可可脂，NOT 代可可脂，i.e. cocoa butter instead of its substitute. (This works pretty well in America, actually, but it's so often substitute in China...)
Note of success: I found Lilac, or 赖勒克, might be good. At any rate, its Hazel Nut Chocolate (榛子巧克力）is scrumptious--it actually tastes like good chocolate, worthy of our Cardullo's tasting! Yay! It's still good that I have a Panda bar hidden here from America, for my time of need...not to mention the Thomas Sweet Chocolates that I'm eating very slowly because my "host" for my first day here refused to do more than eat two of them (and that was with urging).
