World's Most Expensive Chocolates

Chocopologie by Knipschildt
Cost: US$2,600 per pound
Where: Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
Knipschildt Chocolatier was founded in 1999 by Fritz Knipschildt, who got his culinary education as a chef in Denmark. The most-expensive chocolate he sells--a $250 dark chocolate truffle with a French black truffle inside--is available on a preorder-only basis. It's made of 70% Valrhona cacao, which is blended into a creamy ganache with truffle oil. The truffle is then hand-rolled with a dark truffle on the inside and dusted with cocoa powder.

Noka Vintages Collection
Cost: US$854 per pound
Where: Dallas, Texas, USA
Noka chocolate is a compilation of the finest dark chocolates, sourced from select plantations in Venezuela, Trinidad, Cote d'Ivoire and Ecuador. The Vintages Collection of chocolate is 75% pure, single-origin cacao, with other ingredients that include cacao butter and sugar. Noka does not use any type of emulsifier, such as soy lecithin, in their chocolate-making process, nor do they add vanilla.


Delafee
Cost: US$508 per pound
Where: Neuchatel, Switzerland
For those who enjoy a sparkle in their chocolate, there's Delafee. The chocolate is prepared with fine cocoa beans and flakes of edible 24-karat gold applied by hand to each praline. Other ingredients include sugar, coconut oil, cocoa butter, milk powder and vanilla.




Godiva "G" Collection
Cost: US$120 per pound
Where: New York, USA
The well-known chocolatier, which originated in Belgium, recently introduced the "G" Collection of chocolates, which are made with various ingredients and flavors, such as Palet d'Or, Tasmanian Honey and Mexican Hot Chocolate. Each chocolate is comprised of premium cocoa beans and other ingredients that are dependent on each type of bonbon.

Richart
Cost: US$120 per pound
Where: Lyons, France
Richart chocolate is made from 70% Criollo cocoa from Venezuela--considered the best cocoa in the world. It has a mild-but-full flavor and is only paired with the finest ingredients, such as almonds, raspberries and exotic spices. The cocoa used in each chocolate is finely ground to ensure a smooth taste.

(source: Forbes)
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Obsession

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Recreation for US Navy

In order to encourage and motivate the current navy personnels out at the sea, whether within US sea water or monitoring at other nations, the US Navy and government have agreed to commission an aircraft carrier into a golf course. The 'golf carrier' will rotate among the US Navy fleets throughout the world and it will be a great recreation boost for the sailors and marines.Tags: Motivation, Aircraft Carrier, Golf, US Navy, Funny, Humour, Jokes

Low Cost Carrier

Adakah anda selalu naik kapal terbang untuk urusan kerja atau bercuti?

(1) Anda spesis manusia yang banyak wang kalau memilih syarikat penerbangan ini. Syarikat ini memastikan tempat duduk anda bernombor dan telah ditentukan. Anda juga akan diberi makanan yang enak semasa dalam penerbangan.

(Malaysia Airlines)



(2) Anda spesis manusia yang suka berjimat kalau memilih syarikat penerbangan ini. Tapi .. untuk masuk ke kapal terbang dan mendapatkan tempat duduk .. anda kena berebut-rebut sama seperti hendak naik bas mini atau van yang dipandu oleh Pendatang Tanpa Izin. Kalau mau makan, anda mesti beli .. sebungkus nasi lemak = lebih kurang RM8.00 bersamaan dengan 16,000 rupiah.

(AirAsia)



Oleh yang demikian ... saya mencadangkan anda gunakan syarikat penerbangan di bawah ... nama syarikat ini Air Mahendran.

Tambangnya sama murah seperti Air Asia ... tapi makanannya amat murah dan cepat disediakan ... anda boleh pilih mau makan roti canai, capati, tosei, mee goreng mamak atau paling cincai pun boleh order maruku! Minuman pun macam-macam ada .. teh tarik Madras, teh halia, teh lengkuas, teh kunyit, teh kayu manis, malah teh minyak kayu putih pun ada!

Nah ... ini dia ....

Selamat terrrbang jugaaa!!
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Mind Reader

Imagine a gopher in a website that could read your mind with just 2 numbers selected by you.

Believe It Or Not! Click the picture below to find out more.

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Stock Market Made Simple

Stock Market for Dummies
Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for US$10. The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.

The man bought thousands at US$10 and as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort. He further announced that he would now buy at US$20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again. Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms.

The offer rate increased to US$25 and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey let alone catch it. The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at US$50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on behalf of him.

In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers. "Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at US$35 and when the man returns from the city , you can sell it to him for US$50."

The villagers squeezed up with all their savings to buy the monkeys. Then they never saw the man nor his assistant, only monkeys everywhere!!!!
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Naming the Twins

A man was taking his wife, who was pregnant with twins, to the hospital when his car went out of control and crashed.

Regaining consciousness, he saw his brother, a relentless practical joker, sitting at his bedside. He asked his brother how his wife was doing and his brother said, "Don't worry, everybody is fine and you have a son and a daughter. But the hospital was in a real hurry to get the birth certificates filed and since both you and your wife were unconscious, I named them for you."

The husband was thinking to himself, "Oh no, what has he done now?" and asked with some trepidation, "Well, bro, what did you name them?" Whereupon, his brother replied, "I named the little girl Denise." The husband, relieved, said, "That's a lovely name! And what did you come up with for my son?"

"Denephew," his brother replied.
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