A marine tea time at the café Lapérouse in Paris (Hôtel de la marine)
https://laperouse.com/fr/page/accueil.17930.html
Favourite pastries in Paris
My top 3 : Pistachio and orange blossom tart (Jardin sucré), La ceriseraie (Pistachio and cherry) by Sébastien Gaudard and Maple sirup and chantilly (Pâtisserie Tapisserie) Photo sources : pastry shop websites, https://www.leshardis.com/2021/03/stohrer-la-plus-ancienne-patisserie-de-paris-nous-fait-toujours-rever/ and le tribunal des gâteaux
An impressionist Easter egg
Jacques Génin Easter egg and the Van Gogh painting (The starry night).
Tea time in Paris 2
Tomo and Dépôt légal are my favourite tea times in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. There is also L’éclair de génie café, Valentin Vivienne and Kalany Mya. Bernardaud’s teapot and an ancient mahogany shelf (Napoleon III).
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The Flan pâtissier is a flan (an egg cream beaten with milk and baked in an oven) put on a short pastry. « Baba au rhum is a light cake raised with yeast, containing raisins and dried fruits and soaked in a rum syrup. » The Amandine tart also called Bourdaloue tart is a creation…
Parisian pastries 1/2
Chouquettes are small choux pastries with pearl sugar. The choux pastry dated from the 16th century and was invented by the Italian Popelini who was the pastry cook of the French Queen Catherine de Médicis (1519-1589). In 1760, Jean Avice (French pastry cook of the head of state Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord and at the head…
Easter sweets
The teddy bear in milk chocolate, the pinapple in dark chocolate and the bunny in white chocolate are from the French pastry Karamel Paris. The funny bunny with yellow glasses in dark chocolate is a creation of the French pastry chef Christophe Michalak. Besides, the small bunny in milk chocolate is from Maison Larnicol Paris.
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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 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…
