Salon Coqs d’Or

 

Two Sundays ago I went to the annual November Salon Coqs d’Or with my Spanish neighbor Beatriz from Madrid. First thing we tasted the super lush Kanougas caramels from Basque Maison Paries, They have a shop near Bon Marché. 

Beatriz doesn’t  like to take the metro. And buses weren’t running because of a gilet jaune demo, so we walked down to Bercy Village -a good hour walk. But what a discovery Parc de Bercy was! Wild, almost savage, unexpected in well-manicured, civilized Paris. We definitely worked up an appetite.

The salon is a superb collection of top French artisanal producteurs. Many never come to Paris except for this pre-Christmas tasting salon. 

You’ll have to travel all over France(not a bad idea actually) to buy their excellent products, so its great to have them back!

Some of the most divine, onctueus ganache chocolates🍫 from Joel Durand of St.Remy I’ve ever tasted and he wasn’t selling them! Just loading us with lemony 🍋chocolate free tastes.

We both bought little bags of fabulous garlic from Caillot and Spain has great garlic. Garlic tastes more subtle, less sharp or assertive here. More fruity. Now I must order more. I meant to buy those walnuts (a classic Fall French item) but I couldn’t carry anymore stuff after the olives, anchovies, garlic, loaves of bread. 

We both bought this yummy mackerel after tasting. Irresistible. 

We bought grainy and olive loaves from renown boulangier Jean-Luc Poujauran (& son), only available once a year at the salon. The rest of the year you must own a restaurant to buy it. 

Somehow we did not taste these chocolates🙁!?

A plate of freshly shucked 🦪  was my raison d’être for attending the Salon. These Brittany oysters 🦪  from Saint Kerber , in Cancale, made me want to pick up and move so I can eat them 3X a day. Are you nuts for oysters? 

I’m so nuts (and I never ate them in New York), when I saw Picard has frozen oysters 🦪 for the holiday, I had to try. I ate them so fast I forgot to take a picture 📸 Simply defrost in the fridge for 5 hours et voila.

I really need one of those trolley things every French person has. I hope 🙏 next November, PBers can be in Paris for the Salon Coqs d’Or in ‘22. We will go ensemble 🤸‍♂️and you can carry my shopping 🛍 while I instruct what to taste. Deal? Thanks for stopping by. Your support of Parisbreakfast is so appreciated and helps me put free Paris 🥐  content into your inbox each week. ❤️💋🐻😊🦪

Info on 2022 Salon Coqs d’Or in Bercy. Bus 72 goes there too.