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Oscartek Journal (August 2014)

NY August 4, 2014; Having arrived in Brussels from his native Switzerland, Jean Neuhaus opened an apothecary shop in 1857 at the Galeries Royales, near the Grand Place. He began his business by covering the medicines in chocolate to make them more easy to handle. Liquor ices, guimauves (similar to marshmallows) and dark chocolate tablets soon joined more traditional preparations on the display counter.

Jean with the assistance of his son Frédéric, spent an increasing amount of time and effort in preparing and inventing new delicacies to the point where the regular pharmaceutical products gradually ended up making way for them.

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