They say that everyone has their own Paris … Some prefer trendy shops and arcades that sell the latest creations of French haute couture, while others have long become regulars at small boutiques in the Latin Quarter, offering all the same, but with solid discounts. Some people like to dine in Michelin-starred restaurants, and their opponents confidently object that the best cuisine is in street eateries, where chimney sweeps, janitors and dock workers eat. But there are sights in the French capital that no traveler can indifferently pass by, regardless of gender and age - these are the pastry shops of Paris. The divine aroma of cinnamon, juicy berries on airy cakes and a thin crispy crust of a baguette that explodes in myriads of tiny fragments at the light touch of a knife - what could be more beautiful, tastier and more perfect for a real gourmet?
Top 5, or Where to go for happiness?
It is believed that sugar hormones are produced in a person, and therefore those with a sweet tooth are always so positive and smiling. The best pastry shops in Paris, where you can always buy a little happiness, are familiar to any fan of pastries and hot chocolate:
- Prokop is the oldest coffee house where Napoleon and Voltaire and Balzac used to sit. Profiteroles from Prokop are the height of pleasure, and his ice cream melts in your mouth as easily and naturally as time in the walls of a pastry shop. The address of the coffee shop is familiar to all Parisians: 13, rue de L’Ancienne Comedie near the metro Odeon.
- Baba Rum according to the classic recipe of Nicolas Storrer is worth trying in a pastry shop named after him. Storrer is located at 51, rue Montorgueil.
- Pasta is not the wrong paste at all, but the most delicate cakes made from whipped egg white. The correct "pasta" should be tasted at 16, rue Royale in the Parisian pastry shop LaDourre. Despite the strange name, the products of the local masters are especially popular among the indigenous inhabitants of the capital.
- Cheese rolls, nut bread and cakes with live berries - this is not a complete list of pastries at the Aux Desirs de Manon bakery at 129, rue St. Antoine. Impressive persons are asked here to rely on the hand of a companion, because from abundance and perfection you can easily lose your senses!
Three hours for sweet
Many travel companies offer guided tours of the most famous pastry shops in Paris. A few hours of amazing spectacle and tastings can make even an incorrigible melancholic happy.
