Best Pastries/Bakeries in Paris?
May 3rd, 2006, 07:13 PM
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That's easy - go anywhere in Paris! They are all great. I will say that there was a tiny corner bakery at the easte side of the 5th at the Cardinal Lemoine metro station that always had a line outside when it was open. It was at the corner of Rue de Ecoles and Rue Cardinal Lemoine and had a red awning. But I had a bunch of croissants in Paris and don't think I ever had a bad one.
May 3rd, 2006, 07:47 PM
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Maybe the cafe in the Louvre on a bad day . . . but there again, we stopped in the cafeteria in the Hotel Invalides, which looked to be the ultimate tourist trap - wrong - we had great croissants and cafe au lait! It is really tough finding a bad one!
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May 3rd, 2006, 09:13 PM
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May 3rd, 2006, 11:22 PM
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In the 11th arrondissement, there's a bolangerie/patisserie right on the corner of boulevard Voltaire and rue de Malte, on the eastern side of the boulevard. That's where I had the best sandwich and chocolate tart in Paris. Their pain au chocolat isn't bad either!
May 3rd, 2006, 11:43 PM
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I guess I'm not the only one in that I know where my favorite patisseres are located, but not their names.
My favorite ia located on the Place Victor Hugo (there is also a Le Notre nearby, but that's not it). Luscious pastries, always a line of locals stocking up.
My favorite "plain" croissants come from Le Pain Quotidien. Although it's a Belgian bakery/cafe, they have several branches in Paris. www.painquotidien.com
My favorite ia located on the Place Victor Hugo (there is also a Le Notre nearby, but that's not it). Luscious pastries, always a line of locals stocking up.
My favorite "plain" croissants come from Le Pain Quotidien. Although it's a Belgian bakery/cafe, they have several branches in Paris. www.painquotidien.com
May 4th, 2006, 04:39 AM
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I’m not a big fan of plain croissants--baguette and butter with apricot jam is my favourite first breakfast in France. But the various forms of viennoiserie, which use a croissant dough in different shapes with different sweet fillings, are wonderful; pain au chocolat (also called chocolatine) is just one of many. When we stayed in an apartment in the Marais last summer my daughter and I did a taste comparison of the two nearest bakeries that were open--it was August--and decided that while we preferred Miss Manon's bread, the viennoiserie at Boulanger Yhuel was superior (both are on rue St-Antoine). My daughter's favourite was chocolatine aux écorses d’orange (chocolate and orange peel). I loved the pain aux raisins (a pinwheel of croissant dough filled with pastry cream, studded with raisins, and sprinkled with vanilla sugar).
May 4th, 2006, 04:45 AM
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Margriet,
Boulanger Yhuel is one of our favorites...and our first stop for pastries...they make an incredible mini pear tarte which we request for every day we are in Paris...and, they are so pleasant and cheerful...
May 4th, 2006, 08:45 AM
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Traviata,
I agree about the service at Boulanger Yhuel. So often boulangeries, even in the provinces, employ rather superior young ladies (the kind that trill “Bon jour,” rather than say it). They always seem a little impatient when you’re trying to make up your mind ... so many pastries, so little time. I’ll definitely try the pear tarte next time—and there will be a next time.
I agree about the service at Boulanger Yhuel. So often boulangeries, even in the provinces, employ rather superior young ladies (the kind that trill “Bon jour,” rather than say it). They always seem a little impatient when you’re trying to make up your mind ... so many pastries, so little time. I’ll definitely try the pear tarte next time—and there will be a next time.
May 4th, 2006, 10:14 AM
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Paul's is a chain, and there are hundreds all over France (and probably dozens in Paris). I think they get the dough sent to them, but each shop may bake it fresh on site. I don't know about the little ones in train stations and places -- whether they bake it at all.
