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Showing posts with label Fauchon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fauchon. 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!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
As we were out viewing the windows around the Madeleine...
I heard a great sniff come from French Girl... 
A great HMPH regarding the invasion of Easter bunnies in Fauchon's windows... 
I was informed that traditionally the French only have chocolate church bells, chickens and eggs for Easter.
That the bunny is a trendy interloper... 
Perhaps like the wretched Cane Toad that invaded Australia..? 
Here you can see the very French traditional chocolate church bell... 
For some unknown reason I can't figure out the French are deeply enamoured with the stupidest looking chickens! 
Honestly, does this look like a savvy chicken with je ne sais quoi to you? I think not. 
At least Fauchon is keeping a low profile with their chickens - not quite so ridiculous in my humble opinion. There will be more on the dumb French chicken/poule demain/tormorrow. Prepare to be shocked. 
The almighty PIERRE HERME has seen fit to include a BUNNY in his Easter/Paques collection, so TAKE THAT French Girl! HMPH indeed. 
Anyway bunnies are famous for proliferating madly so why fight it? The bunny has become like the cupcake in Paris - A fact of life. 
In this window you see the bunny and the chicken duking it out with the kingly egg on top. Frankly I think it's a losing battle and some fiercely traditional Frenchies would do best to just accept the influx of the trendie Bunny. That's all there is to it.~
BONJOUR PARIS BUNNIES!
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!
Monday, November 1, 2010
BEAR sends you all a last bisous/kiss from Paris...
It's been such a lovely trip and the weather co-operated perfectly - plein de soleil et pas trop de pluie!
BEAR did not ride a Velib or any other bike malheureusement - too busy running...
BEAR did go to a FAB croissant tasting at Amy's, who didn't know she live in a 'chambre de bonne' once a maid's room. Amy fell in love with all the gorgeous views of Paris...
As one is inclined to do if one lives on the SIXTH floor up in Paris....
Ah ze croissant tasting...Miam-miam!
BEAR was in 7th heaven on the 6th floor...ahem
Carol was in 7th heaven with all the pate de tartiner spreads (caramel au beurre sale, cocoa-honey, noisette, bla bla bla ) she brought along to put on those croissants. Carol forgot to take serious notes in her ummm state of spread-extasy...
Off to meet ex-pat gallerist Grace in Montmartre of galerie Chez Grace.
Grace took BEAR to Cafe des 2 Moulins - Amelie's cafe from the adorable movie on rue Lepic - YUM!
BEAR had quite a full day of eating on Saturday, that ended with a divine home-cooked dinner and delicious cabernet franc from Chateau du Petit Thouars.
BEAR was in 7th heaven on the 6th floor...ahem
Carol was in 7th heaven with all the pate de tartiner spreads (caramel au beurre sale, cocoa-honey, noisette, bla bla bla ) she brought along to put on those croissants. Carol forgot to take serious notes in her ummm state of spread-extasy...
Off to meet ex-pat gallerist Grace in Montmartre of galerie Chez Grace.
Grace took BEAR to Cafe des 2 Moulins - Amelie's cafe from the adorable movie on rue Lepic - YUM!
BEAR had quite a full day of eating on Saturday, that ended with a divine home-cooked dinner and delicious cabernet franc from Chateau du Petit Thouars.MON DIEU!
Our Sunday flight was at 7 PM (or rather 19:10) so we killed time in W.H.Smith admiring bear stickers...
And jam stickers...
A last later run to the Raspail Bio marche...
For some pommes to eat on the plane.
And a gift for our kind hostess, who dreams of eclair seame noir from Sadaharu Aoki - who wouldn't?
The curtain was coming down on Paris pastries for BEAR, as it usually does by 2 o'clock on Sundays in Paris...
At Charles de Gaulle, BEAR cleverly grabbed a salade verte before boarding. AirFrance meals are not what they once were...hmmm
A bit of browsing in the dutyfree is a must is it not?
Especially Eiffel Towers...
BEAR as usual, checks out all the bears - these Fauchon Bears are awfully appealing...
After a smooth AF flight and lots of zzzzzzzs,
Our Sunday flight was at 7 PM (or rather 19:10) so we killed time in W.H.Smith admiring bear stickers...
And jam stickers...
A last later run to the Raspail Bio marche...
For some pommes to eat on the plane.
And a gift for our kind hostess, who dreams of eclair seame noir from Sadaharu Aoki - who wouldn't?
The curtain was coming down on Paris pastries for BEAR, as it usually does by 2 o'clock on Sundays in Paris...
At Charles de Gaulle, BEAR cleverly grabbed a salade verte before boarding. AirFrance meals are not what they once were...hmmm
A bit of browsing in the dutyfree is a must is it not?
Especially Eiffel Towers...
BEAR as usual, checks out all the bears - these Fauchon Bears are awfully appealing...
After a smooth AF flight and lots of zzzzzzzs, BEAR bids New York BONJOUR!!!
et BONJOUR PBers!
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