For a recent special birthday treat I visited my brother, Jack, in Paris for a 48 tour of ALL the chocolateries we could possibly find. Needless to say it involved a lot of tasting, helpfully offset by a LOT of walking. By day 2 my hubby was feeling extremely sick and refused to eat another thing, but my brother & I marched on regardless, continuing to stuff ourselves with gourmet chocolates all, of course, in the self-sacrificing name of research. At the end of the marathon, after we’d all vowed never to consume another thing again in our lives, ever, we came up with a list of the very BEST of all….
Michel Cluizel: 201 Rue Saint-Honoré: LOVED the 95% cocoa single origin chocolate, it’ll blow your mind! The macaroons weren’t too bad either…http://www.chocolatmichelcluizel.com
Jean-Paul Hévin: 231 rue St-Honoré: LOVED the chocolate-covered almonds & apricot macaroons.http://www.jphevin.com
Michel Chaudun: 149, rue de l’Université: – no website – LOVED the pavés.
Christian Constant: 18, rue de Fleurus: LOVED the jasmin tea chocolates – devine! We bought 2 each, then went back for more…http://www.christianconstant.fr
Pierre Marcolini: 89 Rue de Seine: LOVED the salted caramel chocolates in the shape of a little bunny rabbit. We didn’t taste the pasteries, though they looked yummy, but we tried most of the chocolates and that was by far and away the very best! http://www.marcolini.be
Above, a few random pictures to represent the other dozens & dozens of places we went to, but didn’t quite wow us enough to include in the list of our top picks…
Coming Soon: special dedication to Pierre Herme, 72 Rue Bonaparte: www.pierreherme.com – home of the MOST incredible chocolate & salted caramel cake I’ve EVER tasted. And some pretty incredible raspberry croissants…
ps, while we didn’t think the macaroons were actually all that amazing, one cannot blog about Paris patisseries without a brief mention, and of course a few gorgeous pics, of Ladurée. We tried all the flavours but, for me, the plain ‘ol chocolate was still the favourite.
Ladurée: http://www.laduree.fr – 5 locations in Paris, we only visited the first two on the list: 21 rue Bonaparte, 75 avenue des Champs Elysées, au Château de Versailles, 16 rue Royale, 62 boulevard Haussmann
