French gourmet chocolatier, Jean-Paul Hévin is introducing a unique dining experience combining his brand of world-class chocolates with refined French cuisine for gourmands in Hong Kong.
It’s all part of the “Chocolate Tasting Journey”, available from May 11 at Boutique et Bar à Chocolat at Lyndhurst Terrace, Central.

The “Chocolate Tasting Journey” reflects Jean-Paul Hévin’s commitment to showcasing innovative creations and complementary tastes.  Created in conjunction with the prestigious Maison Escoffier, Jean-Paul Hévin’s “Chocolate Tasting Journey“ menu allows diners to discover the complementary flavours of chocolate and savouries.  Shining a new light on the use of chocolate, the menu particularly highlights chocolate as a subtle spice to enhance ingredients of a variety of recipes.
“The idea is to bring a new look to our menu which better reflects our brand DNA – the chocolate – by using it as the key ingredient in the menus,” explains Jean-Paul Hévin Chocolatier Hong Kong GM Olivia Niddam.
“We want to offer something new and unexpected emotions to our diners, and give them another opportunity to discover a different approach to appreciate chocolate.”

Highlights of the inaugural eight-course “Chocolate Tasting Journey“ menu include Cream of Peas and Mint, Cream Foam, and Cocoa Powder which perfectly illustrates how each sip of lightly flavoured mint soup is enhanced by the gentle dust of cocoa powder.
Priced at HK$380, “Chocolate Tasting Journey” is available from Monday to Sunday, from 11:30 am to 6pm. For those who prefer a concise experience, they can opt for the five-course “Initiation Menu”, priced at HK$250.
Alongside the launch of the creative tasting journey, Jean-Paul Hévin’s culinary team has also created five new Set Lunches (priced from HK$148 – HK$188 per person) which will go into rotation every week.  The set lunch features a soup and salad starter, a main course of pasta, meat or seafood, and ends with Jean-Paul Hévin’s Gâteau du Voyage Chocolate Cake Slice.  Le Parisien Hot Chocolate, coffee, or tea will be paired with the lunch set.

And chocolate lovers can indulge their sweet tooth with the “Pause Gourmande”, a tasting platter showcasing Jean-Paul Hévin’s most iconic chocolate creations. Guests can choose the flavours of bonbons, macarons, and almonds. Priced at HK$98, Pause Gourmande is available daily from 10:30am.
The above mentioned menus are only available at its Lyndhurst Terrace Boutique et Bar à Chocolat in Central.
Seating up to 27 people, the “Boutique et Bar à Chocolat” is sleek, softly-lit with gold leaf and sultry warm chocolate tones of brown and black, complemented by dark timber flooring.  This is modelled after the multi award-winning, flagship chocolate palace on elite rue Saint-Honoré in Paris.
Boutique et Bar à Chocolat is located at 13 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central, Hong Kong.  For reservations, please call (852) 2851-0633.

Jean-Paul Hévin began his career as a pastry chef protégé of legendary chef Joël Robuchon in Paris. In 1986 his passion for chocolate was recognised with France’s most prestigious honour for craftsmen, the title of ‘Meilleur Ouvrier de France’.
In 1997, he opened his first boutique dedicated to chocolate in its many forms and varieties, in rue Saint-Honoré. Jean-Paul Hévin Chocolatier began expanding internationally in 2002, including the launch of online sales and boutiques first established across Japan – from Tokyo, Hiroshima, Fukuoka and Kokura to Osaka and Urawa.
Jean-Paul Hévin Chocolatier’s brand was launched in Hong Kong in 2008.  Elsewhere in Greater China, the brand has since extended to IFC Shanghai, and the Grand Formosa Regent Hotel in Taipei.
Jean-Paul Hévin Chocolatier has been awarded “Five Chocolate Bar” ranking by France’s Club des Croqueurs de Chocolat (Chocolate Crunchers Club) for the past five years.