Salon du Chocolat 2

 

I returned to the Salon du chocolat this morning (9:55 at opening time).

Mainly because I ate 😋 all the samples I collected to give my copyshop guy from opening night.

These things happen. Chocolates 🍫for breakfast Yum Yum 🐿️ 

I started with the ground floor - all the exotic chocolate sources

Like Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Côte d’Ivoire…

Background music for downstairs.

Lots of color

Lots of passion ❤️

Don’t think you can eat/sample & run 🏃‍♂️ 

Chocolate 🍫 makers want to tell you 

Everything about their product in detail 👌so you can make informed choices.

I got to inform this chocolate 🍫 maker, that it should say BEAN TO BAR…not BEEN TO BAR 🙀 Quelle surprise 😮 

Hawaii always has beautiful packaging.

You can stock up on vanilla beans direct from Madagascar 

And great hunks of cocoa butter.

You could deck yourself out in cocoa bean 🫘 earrings!

Or cocoa bean prints from Brazil.

The best thing I tasted both visits -> these chocolate pre-dipped Madeleines served with lashings of hot chocolate on top! (2€)

A deep dive into that pot of chocolate 🍫  Sugar is not a top note🎵 

The intense dark chocolate provides all the singing.

I went back upstairs for another look around. 

Mobbed. It’s the start of a major school break for kids.

If you’re into Paris style pastry, upstairs is for you.

I took a break at the pastry demo in the back. Did I snooze 😴 through the sample tasting? I did 🙄

Yesterday I couldn’t believe my eyes 👁️ The longest line ever for Halloween 🎃 costumes! 

Lastly a number of pastry ‘hamburgers’ 🍔 in the show 

Look pretty close to the burgers in the Metro don’t you think ?

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