'Flavour wizard': Japanese chocolatier conquers Belgium

Japanese chocolatier Yasushi Sasaki holds a box of chocolates as he poses for a photograph in his workshop in the Brussels commune of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre on March 14, 2024.

Last month, at the age of 52, he was named Brussels' chocolatier of the year by the prestigious Gault&Millau food guide — no small triumph in a country that considers itself the homeland of chocolate. Dubbed a"flavour wizard" by the food guide, Mr Sasaki conducts his experiments in a little workshop behind his store, in the Brussels commune of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.

"Green tea is very strong and marries very well. So does yuzu," the citrus fruit, he explained as he doled out tips to his team of young Japanese staff.Mr Sasaki selects his suppliers with care. The green tea for instance comes from Kyoto, where he orders directly from a cousin who works in the sector."We are artisans but we are also businesspeople," he said."To keep working as artisans, we have to sell what we make.

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