Showing posts with label pastries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pastries. Show all posts

10 February 2011

Parisian treats


I just like these photos! Both are from a busy little boulangerie opposite the Sainte-Maire des Batignolles church, about 5 minutes walk from Place de Clichy.  I am not usually a (French) macaroon fan but these were top notch. The chocolate and almond twist was so fresh and yum.  Happily would have worked my way along the pastry shelf!

French macaroons...never quite sure what the colours represent!

10 November 2010

New player on the Northside

Grabbed the opportunity of the day off to wander down to Moore street. I wanted to check in with the guys in the Paris Bakery, who finally got their doors open on Monday. Although it's very early days for Yannick and co. the baguette we just had with dinner is testament to his baking abilities.  It worked as the perfect mop for the juices from the pork belly. Wonderfully French! 
The Bread Basket
First off the Paris Bakery is...a bakery, with a collection of breads all made fresh on site overnight - baguettes, sour-dough, walnut & raisin, apricot & hazelnut - matched with some wonderful madeleine, chocolate & honey tarts, lemon meringue pies, brownies, and soon to be followed with a selection of pastries. After that the Bakery is a cafe, soon-to-be restaurant and eventually completed with a function room.  
When I first got wind of the project I was not convinced of the Moore street residency. However, the Bakery I think will be a great addition to food life on the street which includes the fruit & veg. market stalls, FX Buckley butchers and further down the street the underground maze of the Moore St Mall, which is a hive of food activity. I will be keeping an eye on them as they develop and grow, and plan on making myself one of their best regulars....it helps that it is on my route home!