Comments on: Know Your Paris Sweet Spots ?

By: Ilana

Ilana — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:49:53 +0000

Thank you for taking me back! The entries get better and better. Mouth-watering words and pictures. I just have to remember to not read them on an empty stomach!!!

By: Juan Joel

Juan Joel — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:38:34 +0000

Like what you did. Wishing you a very happy and prosperous new year !

By: Kerrin

Kerrin — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:41:12 +0000

Thanks to all who took a shot at the Paris Sweets Quiz and shared your sweet souvenirs. Here are the images identified, going row by row (from the top), left to right.

1 Pierre Hermé – Ispahan, Plénitude & 2000 Feuilles
2 Pralus – Pyramides des Tropiques
3 Pâtisserie Sadaharu Aoki – assorted ganaches
4 Pâtisserie des Rêves (Philippe Conticini’s new shop)
5 Debauve & Gallais – assorted chocolates
6 Pralus – La Praluline
7 Gérard Mulot – macaron selection
8 Jacques Génin – éclair au caramel
9 Pâtisserie des Rêves – Paris-Brest
10 Debauve & Galllais
11 Boulangerie-Pâtisserie Stéphane Secco
12 Pierre Hermé – macaron chocolat et foie gras
13 Gérard Mulot – macaron pyramid
14 Chocolaterie Joséphine Vannier

Big congrats & félicitations to Barbra for 13/14 !! Vannier wasn’t an easy one, sorry ! And BIG honorable mentions to food lover kathy and Hilda. You all know your Paris sweets for sure ! You deserve a visit to all of the above !!

By: SwissTwist

SwissTwist — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:37:23 +0000

What an awesome post! I’m in the TGV on my way to Paris for the very first time!!! I hope I get to see and try some of these yummy looking treats

By: Gourmet Traveller

Gourmet Traveller — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:34:18 +0000

I think I see Mariage Freres, Debauve et Gallais and Pierre Herme. Not sure about the rest but they look absolutely delicious.

By: Kitchen Butterfly

Kitchen Butterfly — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:00:01 +0000

The only thing I knew, without a flutter was that the first set of macarons had to be Pierre Herme….and then I saw the second… Anyhow, my geography of Paris food shops is non existent, though I know G.Detou, Bruno’s and a few others:-)

By: Kerrin

Kerrin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:56:53 +0000

Barbra, my fellow Paris sweets expert, how could you not play?! Nice list here… answers to be revealed in just a few more days. Now… about that câlin you need – I went to Pierre Marcolini after your awesome write-up on those chocolates and planned on getting a sachet of just those to taste. < < Non. >> During holidays, minimum box is like 36 chocolates !! The lady saw my disappointment and offered me a free câlin – er, a chocolate, that is. I could easily go back and buy a box of 36 câlins, they really are that good. Thanks for the tip, and enjoy Cali !

By: Barbra

Barbra — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:43:27 +0000

Oh, Kerrin, you’ve convinced me to give it a shot, the drawback being that I now want to eat all of these things and I can’t because I am in California! I need a câlin

1. An assortment from Pierre Hermé (that’s Ispahan in the foreground)
2. Pyramides at Pralus
3. Chocolates from S. Aoki
4. The display at Pâtisserie des Rèves
5. Chocolates from Debauve & Gallais
6. The Praluline from Pralus
7. Gerard Mulot
8. Eclair from Genin
9. The Paris-Brest from Pâtisserie des Rêves.
10. The display at Debauve & Gallais
11. Secco
12. Macarons at Pierre Hermé
13. Macarons at Gerard Mulot
14. Stumped, though pretty sure it’s not Patrick Roger…It’s not Jadis and Gourmande is it?

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:43:50 +0000

Wow! I should really have come into Paris and spent a day with you! Gorgeous pics and sadly it has been too many years since I lived in Paris to recognize these places although some look familiar. Gorgeous and now I want chocolate!

By: Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella

Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:39:58 +0000

Amazing! I can recognise some of the shops but not all! How magical to be in Paris for Christmas too Thanks for sharing the sweet spots with us!