A Chocolate fair in Mexico City pleases the palates and eyes of those strolling the aisles in search of the world's most delicious chocolate.
Mexican chocolate makers launched "The Chocolate Experience" exposition on Friday (January 23) that strives to exhibit every possible use for chocolate. For three days visitors will be able to taste different kinds of chocolate, learn how to cook with it and use it in several gourmet dishes and desserts. Their eyes will feast on sculptures and clothes made of chocolate and they may even partake of a decadent chocolate beauty treatment in the Expo's chocolate spa. Chocolate growers organized this Expo to promote chocolate products in Mexico. Although Mexico is the birthplace of chocolate where the Olmec people first extracted it from cacao beans and the ancient Mayans and Aztecs deemed chocolate to be the drink of the Gods, Mexicans lag in consumption of chocolate products. According to chocolate makers, Mexicans only consume about 500 grams of chocolate annually while typical Swiss consumer eats over 11 kilograms a year. Thirty brands of chocolate are on exhibit at the Expo. Organizers hope to attract over twenty thousand visitors during the event.
