Given that many people’s moods are regulated by the chemical action of chocolate, 33____ was probably only a matter of time before somebody made the chocolate shop similar to a drugstore of Chinese medicine.34____ (look) like a setting from the film Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Singapore’s Chocolate Research Facility (CRF) has over 100 varieties of chocolates. Its founder is Chris Lee, who grew up at his parents’ corner store 35____ one hand almost always in the jar of sweets.
If the CRF seems to be a smart idea, that’s because Lee is not merely a seasoned salesperson but 36____ head of a marketing department that has business relations with big names 37____ Levi’s and Sony. That idea surely results in the imagination at work when it comes to making different flavored chocolates. The CRF’s produce is “green,”38____ (make) within the country and divided into 10 lines, with the Alcohol Series 39____ (be) the most popular. The Exotic Series—with Sichuan pepper, red bean, cheese and other flavors—also does well and is fun to taste. And for chocolate fans, who think that they have a 40____ (good) knowledge of chocolate than others, the Connoisseur Series uses cocoa beans from Togo, Cuba, Venezuela and Ghana, among others.