Tony and I took the tube down to Waterloo Station to go to the Chocolate Festival in Southwark. It is just south of the Thames River with a view of the London Eye and Big Ben.
Chocolatiers from London and Europe had booths where they were presenting their best chocolates.
One booth had the actual chocolate plant pods to see. We tasted a piece of the raw pod. It had a somewhat starchy/nutty flavor to it, which hinted at the more pronounced flavor that would be brought out in the roasting process.
There were chocolate bars and candies of all shapes and sizes. Some were even what they called "raw chocolate bars", which meant they had no preservatives in them. They would need to be eaten within 3 days. I bought one from a vendor called Roar. It was very intense dark chocolate. Ummm.
We decided to make a lunch out of it and had a bowl of Chocolate Chili.
We were very excited to find a booth selling Mole Tamales. They were from a restaurant off Portabello Road called La Taqueria. We plan to visit them sometime soon.
I had one of the greatest Chocolate brownies I've ever had, and we had authentic Spanish Churros served with Dipping Chocolate. It was a splendidly chocolate afternoon, though cold and a little rainy.
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