My first stop was at the wonderful Bon Marche. This is another of the city's famous department stores, and is sometimes regarded as the world's first department store. I wandered and browsed for a couple hours, seeing things like Peugeot peppermills, good quality baking pans, pocket knives, and 2300 euro watches. The watches made me want to barf. Seriously. Like is its gears made out of diamonds?
I decided my second stop was going to be Laduree. I think sugar is a great cure for sticker shock. Since my sister and I had already sampled the macarons from this shop, I decided to get one of their pastries instead. They have a great selection of impressive looking things made with choux paste (eclairs, st-honores, religieuses), pretty tarts (lemon, chocolate), and things made with pastel colored macaron bases, bright red fruit, glazes of every color. I settled on their Tarte Tatin, which is basically underwhelming ugly duckling of the group (they aren't even kept in the case, they're off to the side in a box).
Anyhow, what it lacks in looks, it definitely makes up for in butter, sugar, and apples.
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| Butter, sugar, apples. |
This made my day.
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