Taste spotting in Paris! French dessert and pastry

[naf]

Generally agree with the list. (I haven’t tried Sebastien Gaudard and Odette.)

Du Pain et des idées
Besides éscargots chocolate and pistachio, the apple tart there was quite good too. A few photos from my last visit last month.

Stohrer
More traditional pastries and cakes, you can have some real finds that exist in other regions in France.

Angelina
Maybe the only one on the list that I don’t agree with. I found their Mont Blanc too sweet and heavy, had difficulty in finishing it. I think @klyeoh had made a similar comment.

[Kuala Lumpur] New Japanese Eateries at Isetan, Lot 10

Henri Charpentier, the Japanese-French patisserie, serves up one of the best green tea matcha Swiss rolls I’d ever tasted anywhere! [image] The Mont Blanc here was marvellous, better than the Parisian version at Angelina’s, Capitol Piazza in Singapore, which I had recently. But the chestnut puree is still too sweet for my (personal) taste. [image] A good selection of cakes to choose from, all air-flown from Japan. [image] [image] [image]

[Kuala Lumpur] New Japanese Eateries at Isetan, Lot 10

naf - it’s the same thing, but Angelina’s was waaaay too sweet. This one I had a couple of months back when I was back in Singapore on home leave. [image] The one from Henri Charpentier has a creamier centre, and also a marron glace embedded inside.

I preferred Claire Heitzler’s Ladurée version.

Note that except Angelina, Mont Blanc is usually a pastry on sale around November and December each year.
(Claire Heizler has announced in end of March quitting Ladurée after 2 years at the post of Creation Chef, Yann Menguy has stayed 1 year. Looks like nobody wants this “prestigious” job…)