London - February 15, 2006

Chocolate Spread

Melt Chocolate Shop Opens

Some people opt for the macrobiotic diet, others prefer the GI or the Jesus. Some are still persevering with the Atkins (bless them).

Bothered?

Flaunt your indifference with a trip to Melt, a new shop that sells homemade chocolate things like truffles, organic (so you’re still vaguely on the right path) chocolate-coated nuts, white chocolate and tonka-bean lollipops, chocolate-dipped meringues and chewy macaroons.

Everything is made on site in an open kitchen that can be viewed (and smelt) from the hot-chocolate bar, which serves molten chocolate.

In terms of getting high, this stuff beats any money-grabbing weight-loss regime hands down.

And it won’t give you halitosis and a hairy chin.

Melt, 59 Ledbury Road, W11 (020 7727 5030 or meltchocolates.com).