Where's The Chocolate?

Yesterday evening we toured the Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh's largest public greenhouse. They were having some kind of exhibit having to do with chocolate, but what we discovered is that they had ridiculous displays of plastic flamingos and signage telling you how much fun the birds were having in the chocolate spa.

We ate in the Phipps cafe which was pretty good except I made the mistake of ordering the chocolate salad. It sounded like a neat idea, but it was not a very good combo with spinach, chocolate and dried cherry croutons, balsamic vinegar, bleu cheese, and pineapple chunks (was supposed to be strawberries but they were out).

We saw some pretty interesting plants, including a chocolate bean tree, coffee trees, and lots of cool orchids (I didn't know vanilla beans came from an orchid!).

There were also several pieces of Dale Chihuly glass on display.

At the end of the tour we were given two small pieces of chocolate from the exhibit sponsors: Dove and Trello Cioccolato (made right here in Pittsburgh!). The Trello was very good!