Ummmmm, chocolate

Posted Feb 21, 2006 by Bill Ward

Updated Feb 21, 2006 at 09:20 PM

Near the medals plaza, I finally sampled the thing Turin is famous for besides the Shroud—chocolate. There was a whole row of kiosks selling all sorts of chocolate in all sorts of forms, including liquid chocolate. My favorite was a chocolate fondue machine they were selling for 75 Euro, or about $85. It melted the chocolate and sent it streaming out of a fountain. Yummmmmm. There were chocolate liqouers, chocolate coffees, chocolate mousse, chocolate sculptures and these big blocks of chocolate that must have weighed 2 or 3 pounds each. If you lived here, you would have to have a strong will to avoid being a chocoholic.

As I headed back to my car to get to speed skating on time, I saw all these Olympic tourists heading to various restaurants and pizzerias.  That’s another thing that kills me: no time to properly enjoy the local cuisine. I’ve had one good sit-down dinner here that was out of this world. But even then, it was in the mall near the press center and the whole time, I kept looking at my watch.

Speaking of which, it’s time to switch gears and write some stories for the Tribune. Maybe tomorrow, I’ll get a good meal, or the day after that, or maybe on my last day here…probably not.