A favorite food and pasalubong for Pinoys is chocolate. Chocolate rice ( champorado ) is eaten for breakfast. Chocolate blood ( dinuguan ) can be served for lunch or dinner. Chocolate cupcakes, cakes, and ice cream are popular merienda and desserts. So when I saw a promotion using chocolate in the spa, I was intrigued; I had to try "Chocomania".
I was greeted by my masseuse, and -- I'm not kidding either -- her name happened to be Candy. Low lights, piano music, and decor with earthy textures ( pebbles, tiles, banana leaf, bamboo, and others ) made the environment serene.
The session started with a body scrub. After it dried on my skin, it smelled like hot chocolate powder. Then I rinsed, and the chocolate wrap was applied. I always had this image that the wrap, which the spas used, was banana leaf. However, this spa just used a sort of plastic and this thermal blanket, as heavy as those X-ray blankets used in a dentist's clinic. The wrap supposedly helped the skin to absorb all the antioxidants from the chocolate.
The pampering ended with a massage and tea ( flavored lightly with chocolate ). "Chocomania" was a good way to unwind from all the eating and adventuring ( who knew that such activities can be tiring ;). My cousin was right: "Good chocolates only come by once in a while [so] enjoy them!"
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