Have just found out today that I'll be travellin' to Paris in April. WOO HOO HOO!!!<BR><BR>Have been to Angelina's once and ordered the de rigeur chocolat chaud (the Africain) and for dessert pointed to something on a platter. Please help me out with ordering suggestions so that I may appear to do more than grunt & point in a fasionable salon de the.<BR><BR>thanks ~MaryC : )

Another signature item of Angelina is the Mont Blanc, a to-die-for concoction of whipped cream and chestnut(marron) puree. Yum! Going the end of Feb. and will stop in for this, as always; to heck with fat grams and calories for the moment!

ohmigosh Sue, what a wonderful suggestion. thankyouthankyouthankyou<BR><BR>My friend and I are LOSING weight before we go so that we may gain it all back when we get to Paris. : )

Yuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmm... And Woo Hoo Mary!<BR><BR>Can anyone give me an indication of prices for drinks and pastries at Angelina's?<BR><BR>So I can compare it with prices at regular non-famous salons as a possibility for my Feb trip with niece.<BR><BR>Thanks

Kavey<BR><BR>I recall spending $9 or $10USD at Angelina's last March for just a cup of hot chocolate and the dessert (it was a spongecake up with fresh fruit soaked in rum with whipped cream on top). Wonderful. Your niece will LOVE it. Plus, if you plan to go to the Louvre it's not that far.<BR><BR>BTW - ROTFLMAO over the Mary Ellen comment. Good night, John boy!

We had tea at Angelinas one raw November afternoon, the lights were just coming on and people were hurrying home..it was magical to sit there warm and cozy and savor Tarte Tatin(not so original-but fabulous) and hot chocolate..my husband had some layered thing that gave me insulin shock just to look at it and tea...a little pot with a wonderful blend of tea..can I tag along Mary, please?? :0)

Excuse moi ~ spongecake Cup.

Candice,<BR><BR>Of course, you can! As long as I get to go with you on your birthday!! Happy early birthday, BTW.<BR><BR>Excuse my ignorance, but what is a Tarte Tatin? I suppose I could take the time to look it up (HORRORS!) but I'd rather hear you explain it.

A Tarte Tatin is a kind of "upside down" pie, usually apple, altho I have seen recipes for pear. You caramelize apples (with butter and sugar) in a cast iron skillet, then cover it with a rich pie crust, bake in oven;immediately upon removing from oven, carefully flip it onto a plate so that the crust is on the bottom, and apples are on top. I believe the story surrounding its origins is that it was made by mistake and then became a keeper!

If it's more convenient, Anglina's is also in Galleries Lafayette.<BR><BR>I want to go too!<BR><BR>Bon appetit<BR>Bon voyage

Sue, thank you for explanation. What a fantabulous mistake! Yummmy!!!<BR><BR>Betsy, I did not know that. Hmm - Galleries Lafayette. Come join us - the more the merrier!!!<BR><BR>Any other suggestions?<BR><BR>

Laduree is fun for lunch, same idea-little sandwiches and sinful desserts done the way only the French can do dessert.Then you stagger out and walk through the Tuilleries to the Louvre and walk it all off! In time for dinner-Thank you Mary, you have been reading my conversation! <BR>My son is in the air right now-flying back to Japan we had a wonderful too short visit, and now he is off to wow the 3 year olds with his American toys that he brought back..and change-the children love US coins! <BR>Where are you staying in Paris?

Well C, I have it narrowed down to 4 choices, disparate though they are: Hotel Latour-Maubourg (near the Invalides in the 9th), Hotel Caron de Beaumarchais (in the Marais), Hotel Chopin (off of Passage Jouffroy), & Hotel Degres de Notre Dame. I'm just checking availability at this point. Would LOVE to get into the Latour-Maubourg. Have e-mailed with the Orsennes a couple of times back & forth and hope that will give me an in somehow. <BR>Does anyone remember when Victor Orsenne got into the french frites debate last Spring? Well, I wanted to go to his restaurant, Bistrot de Montpensier, but it appears it is no longer open. Oh well. That's how I've stayed in contact with them. Anyway, wish me luck.<BR>Candice, thank you for the tip on the Laduree. I'll see if I can't drag my friend, Kristin, into going. She's a foodie, too, so it shouldn't be too hard.<BR>C, are you the "mom" who was going to get her son the Adam Sandler cd for Christmas? Just curious. And if so, how did he like it?<BR><BR>Any other dessert suggestions? I need as many as I can get!

Yes,Mary-I am "MOM" <BR>My son Adam teaches English in Japan..and loves Adam Sandlers "Opera Man" , I sent him the song via email from this site, he got a real kick out of it..<BR>Dessert-mmm..that is always the part of the menu that I read first!<BR>My favorite desserts in Paris are the apple Tarte Tatin, chocolate mousse in any form, Charlotte Rousse(sp?)and any of the little pastries that the better restaurants bring around on a tray for you to have while waiting for your dessert!! the ones with tiny flowers iced onto the pastry.My husband goes for the soft layered things, also likes sorbets, he had mango sorbet in an almond wafer "bowl" at one place near the Eiffel Tower, it was incredible..Also, here is a good place to eat, the waiters act like kind uncles, they fuss over you, tuck you in and feed you till you burst! Called the D'Chex Eux..they bring a dessert tray around, this is after you want to drop dead from fullness and they force you to try at least everything on the tray...of course, I always so "no, I can't,it is impossible", but then my mouth is full so I stop talking

Ah but c, you seem WAY to young to have a son who is grown. You must be very proud of him. : )<BR><BR>Thanks for the extra tip!!

MaryC- Shhhh - don't tell anyone, I AM too young to have such a grown son...The trick is to have them while still a teenager,then you get to grow up with them

Murky Buckets - might go to Galleries Lafayette anyway but I think I would prefer to go the original Angelina's if I go at all...<BR><BR>So much to do, so little time! And we're potterers anyway, we potter around stopping often for coffee and food, so we don't see as much in our time as others do.<BR><BR>Then again it's easy to get there from London so we can always go back...<BR><BR>Am now salivating, and lunch is 2 hours away!

Kavey-we had lunch once at Angelinas in GF when it was raining and had no compulsion to leave the store-they made a fine salad and little cheese platter...you will only miss a little of the atmosphere but I think the food is fine~Anyone who likes tea should also try Mariage Freres (spelling could be off-it is still early here)on the Left Bank-just to walk inside and smell the scents of all those teas...aaahhh.C

MaryC-I just remembered the favorite of all desserts*fondant au chocolate!<BR>No one in the US has been able to replicate it...it is a definite must for any chocolate lover...something tells me you might be one

Just reading this fine thread of lovers of sweets, among other things and thought what fun it would be if (in a perfect world) we could have all met in the spring in Paris and sat around different cafes and tasted ,critiqued,laughed,and just enjoyed ourselves...leaving "real life" behind...that is more appealing to me today than lying on a beach somewhere:0) <BR>I am also supposed to be getting some work done and this is so much more interesting.c