makan | joie de vivre
We chanced upon this bakery as our pottery classes are right around the corner. After throwing a couple of bowls and vases, there’s nothing like some warm bread and viennoiseries to fill our empty stomachs. On a side note, in case you don’t know, you can actually buy FRESH pizza pastry from the Mamiche bakery […]
French baking has so many extensive types of dough and pastries that the French themselves might not know about all the available pastry varieties out there! We found out about Maison Pralus many years ago as we have family living near Roanne, the town where the family business originated. The maison’s founder August Pralus was […]
As you can tell by now, we are frequent visitors to Rue Montorgueil (Montorgueil Street), a well-known pedestrian street of gourmet stalls, cafés and restaurants in Central Paris. There are no lack of pâtisseries (pastry stores) along this street, but don’t get distracted by commercial chains like Paul, Le Pain Quotidien, Eric Kaiser… Since you’re […]
There are so many amazing boulangeries (bakeries) in Paris, but “The French Bastards” definitely stands out with its cheeky name. Unlike other parisian establishments which display proudly their long history (est. 1890 or Maison founded after the meteorite landed on the dinosaurs etc), you’ll see printed prominently on their shop front: “Maison fondée hier” (Maison […]