The French Art of Waiting

 

Ilt Saint Louis map

Bonnie said last week, “I won't wait in that long line. “

“Yes, Berthillon ice cream 🍦 is good. 

Is it so much better than Grom? No. 

Amorino? Yes.”commented that I Bonnie.

January Diet

Will you be eating salade today?

AND tomorrow? 

And perhaps all of January? 

Wouldn't it be nice if this month's salades could be Paris take-out from MIYOU? 

Or La Cantine at Merci? 

Miam...miam 

MIYOU again - shrimp, quinoa, pomegranate, rocket. 

Saumon + salade in St. Germain-en-Lay 

I lurve Rose Bakery's mixed salade plate. Not a bad way to make up for all the marshmallows and gingerbread of December.

Is salade des fruits allowed on the January diet?

The Marshmallow Test

If you haven't tasted French marshmallow/guimauve in Paris.

You have a treat in store - chocolate-covered marshmallows at Pain De Sucre...

Called Nounours after the kid's treats shaped like bears - here they're made into a lollypop for adults!

I'm fascinated by French attachment to the penny candy of their childhood - they never give it up! It's transformed into the most sophisticated of treats like this pink pack - $12 bucks for a stack of pink marshmallows.

 Gerard Mulot's stack of mallows is only 6 euros... You'll find marshmallows high and low-end everywhere in Paris. 

Stacks of them at the Salon du Chocolat...

 La Mere du Famille gets me every time (4.50 euros) and worth every penny/centime! You taste the delicate flavors and the sugar is an undertone - hard to believe I know.

Pain De Sucre creates exotic flavors-cassis,mango, safron. 

High piles of chocolate-covered marshmallows at the Salon.

 High-end chocolate bears/oursons/nounours.

Back to Fr kid stuff.

 Hello Kitty pops...
As a kid I roasted marshmallows on the stove burner till they blackened outside and were deliciously gooey inside, always when my parents were out of the house.

Do you have marshmallow attachment issues?

Have you tried Parisian guimauve?

It's a whole new experience.

Watch The Marshmallow Test - food for thought.

BONJOUR GUIMAUVES!