Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Salon du Chocolat - Paris

 

Well, the Salon du Chocolat was fun 🍫

Of course I didn’t resist any chocolate 🍫 offerings until at least an hour in.

My food buddy, Solli, shooting the ever-present towers of power. Solli refused nothing by the way, but summed up that we definitely ate less 🍫 then usual 🤔
Photo by SALON DU CHOCOLAT
We skipped the annual chocolate dress 👗 parade
And made the rounds sampling
While the crowd clapped 👏 & cheered 🎉 
We ‘covered the waterfront’ with little competition 🤸‍♂️
These beautiful hunks of pâté de fruit are the size of a handbag 👜 Somehow they taste better than the actual fruits! 🍓 
The Saudis were the featured guest this year, with a big stand at the left entrance offering the most divine dates dipped in various chocolates (milk or dark) with various toppings (sesame and almonds was recommended).
 Plus a chocolate camel 🐪 
This gentleman was offering tastes of his health-promoting pomegranate syrups, vinegars, elixirs, all organic. 
It’s not just chocolate 🍫 at the salon. 
We loved the non-alcoholic, sugar-free drinks that are popular this year at all the food shows. How do they dream up these flavors? ‘French Cancan’ a combo of raspberry, violet and geranium. ‘French Kiss’ verjus, basil and sweet mint.
Any product with a color wheel wins 🏅 my heart ❤️ 
Plus the wheel of hazelnuts/noisette will do as well. Piedmontese are at the salon again with their super hazelnuts. I bought a bag last year and the price is the same. 
We tasted apéro hazelnuts to be eaten with sparkling drinks like Champagne 🥂 
Plenty of pumpkins 🎃 at the Salon. The French adore Halloween.
A sneak-peek exhibit of Xmas buche de Noël 🎅 It’s never too soon to be thinking about Christmas dinner dessert.
I loved ❤️ the witty fireplace with buche logs 🪵 A stocking 🧦 appears to be missing…someone snacked? Or are they going for an asymmetrical look 🤔
Always marshmallow/guimauve-filled bears 🐻 at the salon.
This year some more authentic looking bears 🐻 
Hand-carved from Japan. Is it chocolate ? Looks like chocolate 🍫 
The Chocolate Salon continues through Sunday 3 November at Porte de Versailles (in Paris). I will go back to see the first floor, like I did last year.


12 comments:

  1. Definitely replacing my chocolate Easter bunny with a chocolate camel! It will last all year!

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    1. Anonymous10:38 AM

      Sounds like a good idea 👍 then you can finally eat the bunny 🐰

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  2. "pâte de fruits the size of a handbag" - loved all of your descriptions, Carol. Glad you and Solli had a super time last night. Looked super, including the camel!

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    1. Anonymous2:48 PM

      Those dates! You would have loved them Jill 👌

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  3. Anonymous11:25 AM

    Looks like so much fun! I’d be the squirrel next to the fruit pâté hoarding all the chocolates!🇨🇦 😘

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    1. Anonymous2:47 PM

      I did hoard some chocolates 🍫 to give to my guy at the copy shop (see 1st photo) and now I feel like eating them up 😂

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  4. I'm drooling!

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  5. Anonymous12:12 PM

    What wonderful photos and now I am craving dark chocolate. Ha. Everything looks delicious and I love the large carvings in chocolate. Such fun! -Suzanne P.

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  6. I'd love those large fruit pates - I'm still eating those I brought home with me- and that Christmas tree. Not sure I'd be able to contain myself if I were there. My feet would give out long before my stomach.

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    1. Anonymous2:45 PM

      My feet did give out but,
      “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more” Henry, V

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  7. Anonymous2:41 PM

    Miam! Miam! Jane

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  8. Anonymous2:55 PM

    I can’t even talk. This is the closest I will will get to heaven and be alive. I don’t know where to start. I am speechless. Lynne

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