Is indulgence wrong? Such is the demand for Dubai chocolate bars that shops are rationing the number you can buy — and leading chocolatiers are rushing to imitate it.
The new chocolate nobody can resist
Can’t Get Knafeh of It: The original Dubai chocolate (above), now being copied all over the world, has been sold in the UAE since 2022, by British couple Yezen Alani and his wife Sarah Hamouda. Glossary
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