Fu Castello, Pierre Hermé Infiniment Chocolat, Louis Fouquet, Laduree, Angiolo

 

New places open up every day in Paris. Who can keep up?

This past week by chance I fell into a few. Yesterday I past a green door with an unusual name, Fu Castello.

 They are from Vietnam and their specialty is a very light, delicate Portuguese sponge cake, called Pandan. They were giving out samples = verdict delicious. Though the Asian-flavored ice creams (Matcha, Thé Vert, black sesame) were seriously calling my name. Located on 28, rue du Pont Louie-Philippe, 75004.

Tuesday I was walking along boulevard des Capucines near Opera and looked across the street. Voila a new Infiniment Chocolat Pierre Hermé shop!

Just chocolates, exquisitely displayed in a u-shaped central counter. 

Who knew Capucines are a flower? A garden nasturtium in fact.

Hermé made it his signature shape for the new shop. I tried one filled with yuzu ganache. Yum 😋 

The smallest box is 14€ so an affordable luxury. Do stop at #23 for a taste/goûte 🍫 Staff were lovely & answered all questions. Open Lundi - dimanche 10h - 20h

I fell into another brand beautiful new chocolate boutique on Saturday, Louis Fouquet on 23, rue du Bac, 75007.

A very Empire feel to the shop with this central unit holding the chocolates. 

But the drawers open to reveal many ganache treasures.

Not just chocolates, but fruit gels, caramels and other goodies.

On Tuesday I was enroute to see the new renovation at Ladurée Royal on 16, rue Royale.

The tea salon is totally redesigned changing all the spaces from the classic old Ladurée Rue Royal.

Cordelia de la Castellane of Cordelia’s Coffee Flower Shop is the designer, so no wonder the lush flower 🌸 decor (all hand-painted).

The cherubs of Belle Époque poster artist Jules Cheret.are gone.

Of course they have the usual suspects (les macarons) with the new JO Olympics box designs. 

I was looking for a tarte Citron for my current lemon 🍋 obsession but they did not have any.

Overall very pretty and feminine

Here’s a look at the menu...

My newest Paris discovery is a dangerous place. I am lucky not to live near 180, boulevard Saint p-Germain. Fact: I was sitting, painting roses 🌹 at La Roseraie du Val-de-Marne, when I read FrancoisSimon’s review of Angiolo. I packed up my stuff & headed back immediately to try the ice cream 🤷‍♀️ 

I didn’t think they could do anything more to ice cream in this town, which is ice cream mad. I was wrong. Angiolo’s gelato is made by Sicily’s finest ice cream chef. Sicily is the creator and home of gelato. In the late 1600's, a Sicilian chef named Francesco Procopio de' Coltelli created the first gelato as we know it today. His secret? He perfected a machine which his grandfather had invented to make and preserve gelato.

There is the least amount of sugar possible in this ice cream, so the temperature is lower (11 degrees). Most ice creams are 14 degrees - the sugar acts as a preservative. 

The owner proudly showed me the 4 kinds of vanilla beans (Madagascar, Tahiti, Mexican, Papouasie)that go into one liter of Vanilla ice cream. They make the ice cream daily here in their labo. Just 4 flavors a day plus sorbets. A true labor of love ❤️ 

Last weekend I past a new high-end lemonade 🍋 stand that just opened on rue rue saint-louis en l'ile. 

I asked them, “How long have you been open?”

They said, “10 minutes!”

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