NO? WELL HOW ABOUT MACARONI AND CHEESE ICE CREAM? For most people, Rum-and-Raisin would be a better choice. These are just a few of the wide variety of ice cream flavors that are available at the Coromoto Ice Cream Parlor in Merita, Venezuela. Coromoto, you see, is officially recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as offering more flavors of ice cream than any other shop in the world – 860 in all.
You read that right, eight-hundred and sixty flavors. Of course, you don’t get to choose from that many on any given day, but as they rotate the selections each day, choosing flavors according to the season, they will offer that many over the course of a year.
Each day there are approximately 60 flavors available for anxious customers, including beef flavor which is a big hit any day. Naturally there are the traditional flavors, but when you go to a place like Coromoto, you don’t waste your opportunity on strawberry. Not when can choose from Tomato, or Mushrooms in Wine, or Cream of Crab. Nosiree. So far, I haven’t found out what I’m Sorry, Darling is supposed to taste like, but I’m sure it’s an adventure.
photo by Edmundito
Coromoto was established thirty years ago in 1980 and has become a major tourist stop along with their legion of local customers. Here’s a locally-made video advertisement that displays the shop quite well:
BBC News has a good article that describes the place and tells you about their operation HERE.
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