This weekend I went to the one and only Salon du Chocolat, which is the biggest chocolate festival IN THE WORLD. As my mother would say, I was in hog heaven!
Basically the ticket to the salon just got us in, but fortunately almost all of the vendors gave free samples. There were all kinds of chocolate products and some non-chocolate ones too.
Things I loved included*:
There was chocolate fashion. (What does that mean? I don't know.)
There were also performances, talks and demonstrations. We, for example, saw a great time of a Brazilian dance exposition hosted by a flamboyant, be-sequined gentleman named Roberto.
A chocoholic,
Maria
*In fact, I loved everything except cacao beans. It was pretty disappointing - like trying to drink vanilla extract.
Basically the ticket to the salon just got us in, but fortunately almost all of the vendors gave free samples. There were all kinds of chocolate products and some non-chocolate ones too.
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| Chocolate hedgehogs, obviously |
- Lime infused chocolate from Cacao Sampaka
- Chestnuts - they were candied or something
- Everything filled with salted-butter caramel
- Bailey's and dessert wines (not together)
- Mesoamerican themed chocolate scultpures
- Truffles, every single truffle
- A fig and chocolate spread to accompany foie gras (!)
- Chocolates filled with melon au porto flavored cream
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| Coup de Coeur |
A chocoholic,
Maria
*In fact, I loved everything except cacao beans. It was pretty disappointing - like trying to drink vanilla extract.
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