While vacationing in Los Cabos there is one thing that you must try and that is Cabo’s Almejas Chocolatas or Chocolate Clams. Almejas Chocolatas is a Spanish name. Cabo’s Almejas Chocolatas or Chocolate Clams is a seafood delicacy and is a delicious treat and temptation for lovers of seafood, but you may not find this delightful treat anywhere else in the world.
Do Cabo’s chocolate clams taste like chocolate?
It may surprise you to know that Cabo’s chocolate clams do not taste at all like chocolate. Nor do they get the name because the clams are cooked in a chocolate sauce, which is a common with Mexican dishes. Mole chocolate sauce is usually cooked with different poultry dishes. The chocolate clams actually get their name from the chocolate appearance of their shells which are like a rich chocolate brown color.
Huge clams
Cabo’s Chocolate Clams are well-known due to their large size. The chocolate clams can get as large as six inches wide, which is approximately fifteen centimeters. Megapitaria squalida is the scientific name, which actually refers to the chocolate clams’ size rather than the color of the clams. Cabo’s chocolate clams are also the largest bivalves in the world (which includes aquatic mollusks like oysters, mussels, scallops).
Where to buy chocolate clams
Cabo’s chocolate clams can be purchased in Baja California, Mexico. If you are vacationing in the top vacation destinations such as Loreto, Sea of Cortez, Todos Santos, Los Cabos, and La Paz, then you won’t have a problem finding chocolate clams on the menu of the best restaurants. If you are wanting to buy the chocolate clams anywhere else in the world, then it may be difficult to do, because this delightful delicacy has strict export controls on them.
Cabo’s harvests of chocolate clams
Cabo’s Almejas Chocolatas Chocolate Clams breed off the coastal lagoons from the Magdalena Bay all the way to the Pacific Coast on the Baja California, Mexico coastline along with the Sea of Cortez coastline on the sandy sea beds. The chocolate clams can also be located along the Pacific Coast of Mexico all the way to Guatemala southern regions.
How Do You Eat Chocolate Clams?
Are you wondering how to eat chocolate clams? Don’t worry as there are several different ways to eat the chocolate clams. Many people select to eat the chocolate clams that are marinated lightly, then eaten cold or escabeche style. They will be served to you half shelled after they have been cured in lemon, much like oysters. Some chefs add their own personal touch to preparing the chocolate clams as they like to add some cheese, chilies, and fresh garlic. Another way to eat the chocolate clams is with a chocolate clam chowder.
Cabo’s Almejas Chocolates or Chocolate Clams is a delicacy that everyone must try when visiting Cabo.