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Favourite tea times in Paris 16
The white cups (Manoir tasse à café sans soucoupe) are from Villeroy & Boch. Besides, the background represents Paris and is from the Disney movie “The aristocats”. There are also Tchaï and Carette Trocadéro.
Savoring delicious and ravishing pastries at l’Osmanthe in Paris
L’Osmanthe is a pretty and peaceful tea room where we can taste ravishing and delicious pastries. The Chef Fang Jin realizes marvellous French pastries and creates original cakes with Asian flavours (matcha, green tea…). I degusted the fruity and slight Tasha pastry (lychee mousse, fresh lychee and joconde biscuit) while drinking a black tea scented…
A royal tea time with Marie-Antoinette at Nina’s in Paris
Nina’s was orginally a perfume distillery company founded in 1672 by Pierre Diaz. This firm was the supplier of fragrances for King Louis XIV and the Court of Versailles. The Queen Marie-Antoinette liked particulary the lavender and rose fragrances. Today, it is a tea room using the fruits from the King’s Kitchen Garden in Versailles.…
A gourmet and elegant Tea time near to the Tuileries at Sebastien Gaudard in Paris
Closed to the Tuileries, there is the wonderful and refined pastry and tea house “Sébastien Gaudard”. We can degust delicious traditional French pastries and savouring tea. Sébastien Godard is one of my favourite pastry chef in Paris. The decoration is classic and sophisticated. I tasted the savoring pastry “Mussipontain” (an almond passover with a vanilla…
A Japanese-French fusion Tea time at Sadaharu Aoki in Paris
Sadaharu Aoki is a reputed Japanese pastry maker. The Japanese flavours (black sesame, matcha…) add a Japanese touch to French pastries (eclairs, puff cakes, Opera…). My favourite pastry is the black sesame eclair. It is delicious! I tasted also the matcha puff cake and It was very tasty. Matcha is a traditional Japanese green tea…
Delightful and ravishing pastries at Gilles Marchal
I discovered this beautiful and delicious pastry shop when i walked on the hill of Montmartre in Paris. The decoration and the pastries are very refined. The chandelier, the madeleine printed wallpaper and the door handle in the form of a madeleine are charming. The shop proposes French pastries (St Honoré, Mont-blanc, eclair…), biscuits (madeleine,…
An enchanting timeless breakfast at Angelina
I tasted the breakfast at the famous Tea house Angelina in Paris. Angelina was founded in 1903 by Antoine Rumpelmayer and the decoration was designed by the famous Belle Epoque architect Edouard-Jean Niermans. The decor is finely-worked and sophisticated with gildings, murals and mouldings, ledges, medaillons… It is an ravishing and timeless place. My favourite…
A gourmet and flowered tea : “Coquelicot gourmand” by Dammann Frères
“Coquelicot gourmand” is a wonderful perfumed black tea at once gourmet (biscuits and almond paste) and flowered (poppies, cornflowers and rose peonies). This tea is a delight! My design. You can purchase this tea on the official website : http://www.dammann.fr/fr/coquelicot-gourmand_1.html
Sugar sweets with Mediterranean flavours
The French brand “Le clos de Laure” has assembled jam makers since 1998. These artisans create Provençal and Nice local gourmet products. I tasted the “Délice d’amande à la fleur d’oranger” (almond delight with orange blossom) and the “Confit de rose de Grasse” (candied Grasse rose). It is delicious and very flavoured ! The official…
