Where's Puyricard? I've never heard of it.

Do you know Mulot? Is that good?

PUYRICARD

27, avenue Rapp
75007 PARIS
Tél : 01 47 05 59 47


Metro: Alma Marceau.


And, if you read French, a list of chocolate and candy stores in Paris:

http://www.lepetitfute.com/city_guid...us_rubrique=04

No spaces in that web address. The ? fooled Fodor's punctuation engine.

I second (third?) Richart. If you have never seen chocolates like these, you will be delighted. And they have very original flavors.

I just ran into a nice place called Cacao et Chocolate in the Marais, 36 rue Vieille du Temple. They feature chocolate from around the world, they have an underlying Pre-Colombian theme, I purchased many different types and gorged myself!

I just bought some from Pierre Marcolini. Quite good, I've to say. A bit on the sweet side. Located on rue de Seine in the Left Bank and this is a branch of a Belgian chocolatier.

Does anyone know of a chocolate shop where you can actually watch them making chocolates? Thanks.

You should try Anjelina's on Rue de Rivoli in the 1st. Try their chocolat chaud africain - it was the best hot chocolate I've ever had in my life. Anjelina's is a tea room and the food is pricey but a lot of people just go there for the desserts. Also, try a dessert called a mont blanc. You can purchase packaged hot chocoate to take home as well as chocolate candies.

Richart recently opened a shop in San Francisco (on Sutter St near Stockton) in case you will be in the area and need a "fix"

Hi,

In the 16th there is:

Le Gamin et le Chocolat. It was reviewed in Travel and Leisure magazine.
Artist, also deos work for luxury hotels and restaurants.

And here, hoping you have a little french, is another web link

http://scally.typepad.com/cest_moi_q...vie_de_ch.html

She recommends Valrhona chocolate, which can be bought at Lafayette Gourmet or G. Detou. Also included is a recipe for Pierre Herme chocolate cake...she ranks him as one of the world's best patissiers, which others on this board seem to concur with....located on Rue Bonaparte.
Mike

Thank you for the info! I must have seen the article in Travel and Leisure but can't find it now. Do you remember which issue it was in?

I have heard so much about Angelina's and for as many times as I have been to Paris, have yet to go there. SO I think November is a great time for hot chocolate! Thank you all again.

Today's Sunday New York Times Travel section has a great article updating Paris chocolate information.

Bumping this thread up for other chocoholics.

Here's a link to the article in today's NY Times travel section re chocolate in Paris. I noticed it in the paper, but didn't read it.

http://travel2.nytimes.com/2004/12/1...France%2FParis

Well, I say it all the time, but I'll say it again. The paves at Michel Chadon in the 7th. The best. Really.

I read the article. Surprised Marcolini isn't listed. It's Belgian, though, I guess.

For what it's worth, Time Out New York recently ran an article comparing the chocolatiers available in NYC (Maison, Richart, Neuhaus, Godiva, Debauve et Gallais, and maybe another one or two). Maison came up tops. I didn't know that Debauve et Gallais has opened up shop in the city, but, apparently it has -- on Madison Avenue.

My vote definitely goes to Marcolini, of all the ones I've tried. The chocolates are very special. I meant to look this up to see if it has five bars, or whatever the relevant ranking is. After that, La Maison du Chocolat, also very special.

Don't know Chardun (sp?).

111op, next time you are in Brussels, stop at The Kitchen cafe in Flamant in the Sablon...they serve PM chocolates with their coffees. Of course, they are right next to the PM store.
Reading about Belgian chocolates is just one more thing that has us VERY homesick for Brussels! We would love to move back there.

Thanks BT. I most definitely will. When I was in Brussels I went to Mary's. The chocolates are ok, but nothing compared to Pierre Marcolini's.

By the way, Pierre Marcolini's store in Paris is located on rue de Seine (which is where I went). Apparently there's also a store in London (and also in Malmo, Sweden, of all places).

Isn't the Marcolini shop in Paris next to Flamant too? (Flamant is a Belgian interior design store).
Delicious chocolate, and they come in very chic boxes too.

I don't know Flamant, but I guess I can take a look the next time.

I guess my chocolates came in a black square box. Very nice indeed. But even more surprising is the shopping bag, which opens up to a perfectly wide bottom, wide enough for your box of chocolates to stay flat. It's the first time that I've seen such a nice touch in a shopping bag. Most bags simply don't have such a wide bottom.

Actually this gets the best shopping bag award along with the shopping bag from Christie's.

The article portrayed Angelina as being a bit faded, and whereas that is true (and part of its charm!), I don't remember the silverware being in such bad shape.

I don't remember the bit about the silverware either, but I've only been to Angelina once.

That bit had me laughing though.

This is the quote on Angelina:
"one happily ignores the worn carpeting, scuffed wainscoting and cutlery so flimsy that only a chemical analysis would prove is really made of metal"