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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Une petite visite today to an old fashioned candy shop -Les Chocolats Foucher
Just across the street from La Grande Epicier on 134, rue Bac, when you set foot in this tiny intimate shop you return to the 1920s.
Still family-owned since 1819, Foucher has cleverly kept all their original Arte Deco graphics on all their packaging. Why do so many shops feel they must modernise? :(
I love chocolate maps, but I really love all maps and this one is a winner!
A charming example of one of Foucher's box covers...they even have post cards of all these designs.
Foucher's boîtes de chocolats "Prestige"
I was first drawn to Foucher at the Salon du Chocolat by these irresistable art deco wrappers on their tablettes de chocolat, so I was delighted to find their shop. A PB reader sent me there.
But all of their candies have an old fashioned feel to them - it's the kind of place where your grandmere would have shopped...
And don't forget les petite bouchees! Bouchée means filled chocolate in a big version. The French sometimes skip lunch and have one entier bouchée instead. And if you have a big mouth, you can eat it in one bite, vous en faites une seule bouchée.
Here's a menu with all the details!
They have tea too at Foucher and bien sur, les macarons. In fact there's a tiny tea salon at the back of the shop for poor weary L'Epicier shoppers to come and recoup, but that's another story for another day...
Bye bye Foucher. See you in October :)BONNE JOURNEE!
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