An Ice Cream Parlor with A Thousand Flavors

Mérida has this very famous ice cream parlor called Heladería Coromoto that has a menu of approximately a thousand flavors. It held the Guiness World Record in 1990, 91, and 92 for the ice cream parlor with most flavors.

They don't necesarily serve all one thousand flavors daily, though. From what I saw, they pick about 100 or more flavors per day or per week. What's most interesting about this ice cream parlor, however, is that they have gotten very creative with flavors for ice cream. Aside from having traditional flavors like strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate, they have a whole selection strange flavors like including shrimp, crab, salmon, black beans, beef, spaghetti with cheese, etc. Tourists just like to go there and take pictures of the strange flavors, and if they're brave enough, they'll try them.

I was a wuss, and I chose to eat an Avocado and Cacique (a brand of Venezuelan rum) ice cream cone. I actually liked it; the avocado only had a very mild taste of avocado, and the Cacique tastes just like rum ice cream. I was disapointed because I've eaten Rum and Raisin ice cream before so I knew what it tasted like already; I should have gotten Regional (a brand of Venezuelan beer) ice cream instead. My friend, Vladimir, didn't eat anything, and I asked him to try mine but he refused.

Next time I'm there, I promise that I'll try a full meal and eat some beef, rice, plantains, and beans ice cream! Or maybe not...