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If you do go to Angelina's you might want to try their signature pastry, the Mont Blanc. I really love them, but I must confess I could not have one along with the hot chocolate and hope to finish both.
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Originally Posted by StCirq
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Coincidentally, a neighbor lent me a copy of David Lebowitz's book The Sweet Life in Paris, and he has a chapter on hot chocolate in Paris. Here's what he has to say about Angelina:
" If you're one of those people who come to Paris craving a cup of the rich and thick chocolate served up around the city, you're not alone. Many visitors get a lost, misty-eyed look when describing the ultrathick, steamy chocolat chaud that glops and blurts as it's poured into dainty white cups in places like Angelina and Café de Flore, which serve it forth with great pomp and ceremony. Me? I can barely down a cup of the vicious brew. You need to clamp my mouth closed and massage my neck to get that hyperthick stuff down the hatch - like forcing a dog to swallow a pill. That throat-clogging liquid hits my tummy with a thud and refuses to budge for the rest of the day. I just don't get its appeal...." Exactly how I feel about it. In fact, I get a little queasy just reading his description of it. But of course you must make up your own minds. |
Belinda and Nikki, thanks for remembering our trek through Paris in an effort to drink a toast in each of the 20 arrondissements for my husband's 60th birthday. It was a great time (even if we missed the 13th) and we reminisce about it fondly every now and again.
Nukesafe, thanks for the info on Angelina's Mont Blanc. Sounds like a great idea for dessert, provided we share just one and not OD. mfish, hope folks give you as much good feedback when you post as I got with this one. It's what makes this forum such a good one. |
We have returned from our trip to Paris with daughter and family and I thought I should report back to you on our Angelina experience.
I made reservations and was very glad that I did, because it meant we skipped the line totally and they seated us immediately--and in the "nice" main rooms rather than the back rooms that are quite a letdown IMO. The girls both ordered hot chocolate and liked it enough to ask for more but weren't bowled over by it as I had expected. We all ordered lunch there and I, on the other hand, am still raving about the wonderful dish I had--avioli with truffles in parmesan cream sauce topped by a parmesan tuille filled with arugula salad. Quite outstanding. Overall our trip was very enjoyable--girls, now 9, were fairly well-behaved, even throughout a 2 and 1/2 hour dinner at the chateau we stayed in in the Loire valley. We managed to evade the train strikes (by shifting our days a bit) and among all the standard tourist sites we managed to slip in a stop at the wonderful new Atelier Lumieres with its projections of Klimt and Hundertwasser on the floor, ceilings and walls of a totally dark old, repurposed building in the 11th arrondissement. Really nice time. Intend to file a somewhat longer trip report here asap. Again our thanks for all your help in guiding us to a good Angelina experience. We were happy we did it even if we were not as bowled over by the chocolate as so many others seem to be. Thanks. |
Christina commented " It's supposed to be a beverage, and it is nothing like cocoa. It is really like just a melted chocolate bar."
Be aware that to the French (and to chocolate connoisseurs), Chocolate chaud (hot chocolate) must be made with melted chocolate and milk or cream. A drink made with milk and cocoa is NOT chocolate chaos, but rather, hot cocoa. |
Sounds like you had a great time. Thanks for reporting back!
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Glad you reported back! We went to Angelina’s last week without preplanning and after the 30 minute line got stuck in a back back room (not at Coco Chanel’s table #30). My girls loved the caviar and blintzes, one had truffle scrambled eggs (thumbs up) and the other a croque monsieur (hard to ruin that). I had avocado eggs benedict. The girls had chocolate chaud and all liked it a lot, especially 2 year old Izzy who was treated like a little princess by the staff.
My only feedback - make reservations (the fork) and it was a pricey meal for the experience. |
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