In the last couple of years, I have seen some videos from Boulangeries in Paris that I had to visit at some point. So this weekend was the time. I reviewed these videos (random, Luis, Joshua) to make a list and see how many I could visit. Honestly, Joshua video is the best (and longest) and gives you so many sites to visit. Luis video is the funniest.
What surprised me from Paris since my last visit: There are a lot of bike lines!!!! How many churches are in Berlin compared with Paris, so many kiosks with paper magazines…
These two boulangeries were closed for winter holidays! A bit disappointed because the references were really good: Du pain et des idees and La Maison D’isabelle
On Friday, I tried “Liberte“: cheese baguette for lunch and an almond croissant. The croissant was well filled and tasty. Then I went later to La Panifacture and tried a croissant and Pain aus Suisse. They were really delicious !!! The outside form of the croissant was perfect. Lacked a bit of butter for my taste. The filling of the Pain aus Suisse was suprising: cream and chocolate chips. The whole Friday afternoon/night was raining (not hard). I spent several hours outside so I hope I burned some calories from the pastries
From Liberte
From La Panifacture
On Satuday morning, I went early to Cedric Grolet, as there are always queues. I knew it was going to be expensive and a bit of hype. I bought a “flower of passion fruit and coconut” and Pain aus Suisse. The Pain was really big, supper flaky, super tasty, and expensive, but worth it for once a year/s. The “flower” was not really sweet, that surprise me, the form was astonishing. Flavour wise I only tasted a bit the passion fruit. This is not the place to go every day for a croissant (or you have more money than sense). It was an experience. Then I went for a long walk until my slot in Musee D’Orsay. After that I walk up to the hotel and stopped in “Tout Autour du pain” for a croissant and a baguette. The croissant was a bit more buttery than La panifacture, and the form/look was not as perfect, but still really good. The baguette was tasty too.
From Cedric Grolet
From Tout Autour du pain
On Sunday, I went for breakfast to “Maison Bayat” I tried a croissant, pain aus suisse and a pain aus raisins (6€ something). Very tasty all of them. The pain aus suisse was the smaller of all I tried but still crunchy, buttery and the cream/choco filling delicious. The croissant was very buttery, warm and flaky, the form not as perfect, but didnt really care. The pain aus raisin felt juicy and still warm. Then I went to climb as I was tired of walking. After climbing I bought a big piece of bread in “Ernest & Valentin” I tried and it was good, it had some walnuts and raisins, something I would like to avoid but didnt know when ordered (learn French mate!) And in my last stroll, I stopped in “The French Bastards“, it seems it is a chain. I tried a croissant and pain aus raising and to be honest, compared with all others they were the less good.
From Ernest & Valentin
In summary, I enjoyed good pastries and bread, contemplate great art and walk around without much goals.
