The hottest “rock star” pastry chef in town, Cedric Grolet has just opened his first shop on 20 March, while keep his job pastry chef at Dalí, Meurice, which is quite rare. Don’t be surprise that the waiting line is at least 30 minutes minimum to get into the shop of Hotel Meurice.
Jewellery-like packaging
La pomme verte - 11 €
Granny Smith apple tart, aneth almond cream, apple granche, apple compote…
Tarte au café - 9 €
Very aromatic coffee cream
Citron vert - 17 €
Lime mousse, lime confit and marmelade with tarragon - quite acid, and not very sweet. You have the impression of eating a lime.
Noisette - 17€
Milk chocolate shell, caramel, hazelnut praline, cream of hazelnut with skin, dacquoise… very nutty taste, my favourite
Visually speaking, they are very impressive, that comes with a very high price tag.
Grolet signatures are sculptured fruit pastries which made him world famous in Instagram. The pastries selling in the shop were the past collection serving in the restaurant at teatime. Depending on your point of view, you need 50€ + to taste his cakes at the tea salon, so we might said it is a bargain now!
Taste wise, it is a bit complicated to describe and need some thinking. They are quite different from the usual taste from other pastries I had. Mr. naf liked them, noting the taste to be not too sweet. I find them very fine, delicate and original in taste, but I would have preferred the pastries to be sweeter, especially the lime. The apple tart I found it a bit bland. The coffee tart was good, but my favourite is still of Pierre Hermé. With the recent price tags getting higher and higher, it looks like Pierre Hermé is now a bargain! Personally, I would say the pastry of Grolet seduced more visually than the taste. If you like his pastries and up to some challenges, there are quite some French pastries blogs posting the recipes.
If you are going, be beware of the 4 pm closing time.
La Pâtisserie du Meurice par Cédric Grolet
6 Rue de Castiglione
75001 Paris
