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Mahjong Chocolates at the Taipei International Bakery Show

By Carrie on April 21, 2010

Taipei International Bakery Show

Today’s post is dedicated to my dad. For more great food articles, check out Wanderfood Wedsneday over at Wanderlust and Lipstick.

My love for sweets developed at an early age. I blame it all on my dad and his Sunday afternoon family outings to either the Peterson ice cream factory or the Hershey chocolate factory. We were lucky enough to live about 25 minutes away from both factories. Those trips meant a gallon of ice cream in the freezer and a special chocolate ‘drawer’ that is still brimming over to this day.

With my father in mind last month, I attended the 9th annual Taipei International Bakery Show at Taipei’s World Trade Center.

Over the course of three days, more than 107,000 sweet treat lovers attended the show. Visitors paid a NT$200 entrance fee that allowed them to watch bakery cook-offs and shop for kitchen and restaurant supplies. Let’s face it though. Everyone goes for the free samples.

I’m sure my dad will be pleased to read that I held the Marshall torch high for him. I spent a very happy afternoon sampling delicious breads, homemade yogurt and gelato, cookies, chocolates, and pies. I fell in love with these white chocolate Mahjong sets. I mean, they look entirely too good to eat, don’t they?

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Originally from Ottawa, Canada, Carrie Kellenberger has kept a home base with her husband in Asia since 2003. Carrie and her husband offer free ESL teacher placement services around the world through their company, Reach To Teach. She is also a freelance writer, editor, and photographer in Taiwan. Visit www.carriekellenberger.com for more information.

6 responses to “Mahjong Chocolates at the Taipei International Bakery Show”

  1. jessiev
    jessiev
    April 21, 2010 at 3:34 pm | | Reply

    YUM. what a place to go!!! i am envious! (and i love your dad’s trips!)
    .-= jessiev´s last blog ..Book Review: If America Were a Village =-.

    1. Carrie
      Carrie
      April 22, 2010 at 3:41 am | | Reply

      Thanks Jessie. I love my dad’s sweet trips too. We went to the Hershey chocolate factory the last time I was home. :)

  2. Stephanie (@globaldish)
    Stephanie (@globaldish)
    April 21, 2010 at 5:48 pm | | Reply

    Oh my goodness I can’t believe those are chocolate, they’re absolutely beautiful!! The International Bakery Show sounds amazing (and delicious!), I’ll have to make my way to one some day :)

  3. Wanderluster
    Wanderluster
    April 22, 2010 at 12:31 am | | Reply

    Definitely look too good to eat, but I bet they were great! Sounds like an amazing show!

  4. Nancie
    Nancie
    April 22, 2010 at 3:11 am | | Reply

    Very cool! I wouldn’t go to this show hungry.

  5. kim
    kim
    April 26, 2010 at 8:26 am | | Reply

    Ha, those look great! They should do a marzipan version as well!
    I inherited my dad’s sweet tooth too (unfortunately I haven’t inherited my mom’s metabolism). He’s taken our family to the Jacques chocolate factory once (http://www.chocojacques.be/) which was a few hours away… but the chocolate fountain at the end of the tour was totally worth it :)

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