Jean-Paul Hevin Choco Passion, watercolor, 9" x 11"
Darling Jill of Mad About Macarons fame took me to master chocolatier Jean-Paul Hevin's Chocolate Bar on rue St. Honore.
Only 30 desserts to choose from!
We chose the choco passion - intense dark chocolate ganache + passion fruit mousse - so divine it levitated right off the table.
It would be wise to study up ahead with this Assouline book on J-PH by Le Figaro food critic par excellance, Fancois Simon.
Utterly luscious photos + chocolate recipes in the back.
After tea and dessert you will be well- armed to face the endless chocolate displays downstairs...
Resistance will be so easy...
Chocolate can be quite the seductress you know...
Oh dear, how not to give in to temptation?BONJOUR JEAN-PAUL HEVIN CHOCOLAT PASSION!
Chocolate heaven today..
ReplyDeleteSuch torture
YUM!
I see it says "minimum"! Is there a "maximum"?? ;]
ReplyDeleteMiam-miam!
You PBers keep me on my toes don't you!
ReplyDeleteI guess the dessert list is open to new creations bien sur...
Oh Carol,
ReplyDeleteabsolutely fabulous!
You are killing me not so softly with your chocolate temptations! It is almost 11pm, the night train to Paris has already left. ;-)
next time can I come, please, pretty please? this must have been heaven, chocolate heaven...
ReplyDeleteGreetz
I would go broke there :)
ReplyDeleteThat looks so good!
your paintings make the choclate look so chocolately!
ReplyDeleteLooks like the raspberry one was a big hit. I don't know Carol, you have an awfully difficult job
:0))
xx
julie
How divine of JPH to provide a menu with photos!!! this is a man I could fall in love with. Don't tell Bill.
ReplyDeleteThanks Julie,
ReplyDeleteI had to eat a Perugino dark chocolate bar to get in touch with my inner chocolatieness. :(
Oh gosh! I have to go here one day! I love chocolate desserts and you can't top a French chocolate dessert. They all look so luxurious! Haha, I love that your dessert plate levitated off the table!
ReplyDeleteDearest Carol,
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely surprise and thanks so much for such a wonderful afternoon. It's not the same going back without you. What an amazing painting of that chocolate heaven. I was wondering why you asked me to lift that plate up - you are so clever! Deliciously tempting post. J xo
Did you see the gorgeous chocolate cigars? Its a wonderful creation that I've never seen in any other chocolate shop in paris! A bar of dark chocolate, moulded to look like a cuban cigar and then dusted with cocoa powder. It's decadently delicious and I always leave with a few boxes for very appreciative friends. A box of chocolates that even guys appreciate.
ReplyDeleteI have never tried the cigars C
ReplyDeleteBut there are so many things I haven't tried...
So much chocolate..
so little time :O
This is heaven on earth! :)
ReplyDeleteI needed that little pick-me-up this morning :)
ReplyDeleteI woke up thinking about chocolate. I must have been psychically aware of this post!
ReplyDeletePerfect, that "Hevin" is so close to "heaven"...
My palette finds all these deliciously chocolaty images
ReplyDeleteoverwhelmingly appealing. So much so that I can envision subtle wet variations of Siennas, Umbers, and Ochres on my studio palette, awaiting the creation of a big chocolaty painting.
Scrumptious!
Ooh la la! Looks like chocolate heaven!
ReplyDeleteOMG! yum! delicious! i think i will buy chocolate right now!
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