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Showing posts with label Dalloyau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dalloyau. Show all posts
Friday, May 20, 2011
When I devoured this little passion fruit tartelette from Financier Pastries at FlowerSchool NY a few weeks ago, who knew...
Laduree Petit Fours, art at Etsy, 9" x 11"
I spent this week grappling with a Tuna fish sandwich and even more Parisien petit fours? C'est la vie...
Most people waltz into Champs-Elysees Laduree and head straight for the macaron counter. They completely miss the tray of mini petit fours by the cash register, but not me/mais pas moi. 
What better way to taste a little bite of everything inhouse Laduree for less calories (like who's counting) and less dough? 
These are not those horrid little sugary squares of iced yellow cake we know too well and hate, but mini tastes of framboise and religieuse bite-sized... 
I made this astonishing discovery my last morning in Paris. I raced to Laduree and then raced home to shoot different setups of these sweet minis.... 
Naturelement I had to eat them up before racing off to catch the plane, but they were mostly fruity anyway. *Try not to race around too much when you're bringing these babies home or they'll show serious wear and tear. They ARE delicate.
Most patisseries have these mini delights like Dalloyau. And they don't cost too much - 10 Laduree petit fours for about 13 euros. 
Fauchon and Gerard Mulot have them too... 
Yellow Bird is very fond of the mini Baba au rhume petit four... 
BEAR is not so picky and will happily settle for the whole plateBONJOUR PETIT FOUR EUPHORIA!
Monday, April 4, 2011
BEAR is safely home in New YorkYAY!
Our last day in Paris was drizzly, overcast, Sunday so no one was out which is always nice :) 
BEAR decided we should do a last quick run to the Champs-Elysees... 
L'Arc de Triomphe...Yum 
Crazy Parisien runners in the rain...What? 
Last Parisien dog and a big one! 
BEAR spotted a Laduree truck so we headed over... 
Ha! Easter bears in the window...dreamy 
Inside not so dreamy - a 30-minute wait... 
For a dreamy pastry... 
None the less we waited and BEAR got to take a last Metro ride in the bag. 
BEAR suggested we take AirFrance Bus to Charles de Gaulle Airport since it's faster (though less scenic) then the RoisseyBus... 
We got there in 20 minutes with loads of time to browse the duty-free... 
BEAR badly wanted a 'I was in Moulin Rouge' T-shirt... 
Monday, January 17, 2011
More dogs today because both Amy, the harpist and I would like to own one and don't. And because Jilly on the Riviera takes the most gorgeous photos of dogs ever. So I went looking to see what dogs I discovered last trip in Paris...
Toy dogs are definitely king in Paris.
You can take them almost anywhere...
You can jam them into a purse if need be...
Or hold them on the bus...
Or just drag them down the rue - dommage...
Larger dogs are the rarity in Paris - here a Parisien is being walked by two standard poodles.
Small dogs do make perfect shopping companions...
This discerning little dog insists his owner patronize tres rafinee Dalloyau in Galeries Lafayette...
Angelina draws some of the most discerning of dogs in fact...
The Dachshund is evidently the dog of choice these days...
Even as an objet decoratif...
Handsome and spunky, what's not to love?
An OFG (older French Girl) prefers her miniature poodle, whose red leash smartly co-ordinates with her owners jacket and the red awning beyond...
It is true the small dog is easier to dress up, say in a scarf...
Or a fancy collar...
But we can not preclude that larger dogs do not long to go to Paris. They do, very much indeed. They are eagerly lining up and yearn to be seen in all the best places, shopping, browsing or reading Le Figero. Has your large dog (or cat) dropped a hint?
BONJOUR PETIT PARISIEN DOGS!
BONJOUR PETIT PARISIEN DOGS!Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Talk about obsessions. My 1st two days in Paris were spent taste testing chocolate eclairs. I'd read Amy's eclair smackdown and felt some important chocolate eclairs has been left by the roadside - neglected - overlooked...
My idea of a tasting is small amounts of many, rather than large tastes of a few. I began at Fauchon - eclair experts par excellence.
I was a tad disappointed :(
The chocolate icing was fine.
The pastry creme inside -too Sweet for my taste buds.
One down - 10 + to go.
Galeries Lafayette with it's plethora of pastry shops was the next stop and Dalloyau...
This was one of the most chocolatey eclairs sauf La Maison du Chocolat. The pastry creme inside and the icing were a happy marriage in my humble opinion.
Sadaharu Aoki does not offer chocolate eclairs, just Matcha and Sesame.
I have learned to adore his sesame, but not the Matcha - too sweet inside again, but a very pretty looking eclair as eclairs go - and exceedingly nice striations on the sides indeed.
Le Figaro, master tasters of Paris, have deemed patisserie Stohrer owner of the best eclair chocolat.
I do not - too sugary on the pastry creme again. Maybe something's wrong with me, but when I'm in Paris I do not want sugar as a top note. Much as I adore your shop Stohrer I can not concur.
In my opinion the best eclair chocolat resides at La Maison du Chocolat and it's residency is short-lived. Twice I went in the afternoon and all chocolate eclairs were gone gone gone.
But before I had this La Maison epiphany I had to try...
Thin slices of a few others - Stohrer, Lenotre, Gerard Mulot and an anonymous no-name eclair chocolat. None of them came up to La Maison. I didn't taste test M. Jean-Paul Hevin's chocolate eclair and I have a feeling his would stand up nicely to LMDC. After all they are displayed on the outside of his cookbook, but by this time I could not look another eclair in the face.
Just give me a plain old marshmallow milk chocolate nounours/bear and I will be happy as a clam. In future I'll let Amy do all the smackdowns she wants and keep my thoughts to myself. I learned my lecon. HMPH
BEAR says he's sticking with the religieuse
My idea of a tasting is small amounts of many, rather than large tastes of a few. I began at Fauchon - eclair experts par excellence.
I was a tad disappointed :(The chocolate icing was fine.
The pastry creme inside -too Sweet for my taste buds.
One down - 10 + to go.
Galeries Lafayette with it's plethora of pastry shops was the next stop and Dalloyau...
This was one of the most chocolatey eclairs sauf La Maison du Chocolat. The pastry creme inside and the icing were a happy marriage in my humble opinion.
Sadaharu Aoki does not offer chocolate eclairs, just Matcha and Sesame.
I have learned to adore his sesame, but not the Matcha - too sweet inside again, but a very pretty looking eclair as eclairs go - and exceedingly nice striations on the sides indeed. Le Figaro, master tasters of Paris, have deemed patisserie Stohrer owner of the best eclair chocolat.
I do not - too sugary on the pastry creme again. Maybe something's wrong with me, but when I'm in Paris I do not want sugar as a top note. Much as I adore your shop Stohrer I can not concur.
In my opinion the best eclair chocolat resides at La Maison du Chocolat and it's residency is short-lived. Twice I went in the afternoon and all chocolate eclairs were gone gone gone.Enfin third try lucky and I ate it in the street, just in case someone grabbed it away from me. It met all my expectations. Chocolate of the finest quality was the top note inside and out. Super fresh with a bit of crunch to the biscuity outside = Perfection.
But before I had this La Maison epiphany I had to try...
Thin slices of a few others - Stohrer, Lenotre, Gerard Mulot and an anonymous no-name eclair chocolat. None of them came up to La Maison. I didn't taste test M. Jean-Paul Hevin's chocolate eclair and I have a feeling his would stand up nicely to LMDC. After all they are displayed on the outside of his cookbook, but by this time I could not look another eclair in the face.
Just give me a plain old marshmallow milk chocolate nounours/bear and I will be happy as a clam. In future I'll let Amy do all the smackdowns she wants and keep my thoughts to myself. I learned my lecon. HMPH
BEAR says he's sticking with the religieuseHe can have it.
I'm off chocolate for a while until Thursday at least...
BONJOUR PARIS ECLAIRS!
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