I am, as you are probably guessing right now, a highly dependent chocoholic, with an addiction for the darkest of the dark cocoa creations. My obesession gave me quite a reputation, and so, as I was leaving Paris I got a chocolate scented candle from La Durée, a box of Maison du Chocolat minis and a giant chocolate Eiffel Tower, plus a few less memorable, yet cocoa derived cadeaux.
Yes, I ate it all to.
Anyhow, Paris has a few truly wonderful places for people like me, and because I know that I am not alone, here is a short list of some of the best places for the most orgasmic chololate in Pariggi.
Enjoy it for me if you go.
La Durée, has an amazing cup of hot chocolate, the best macaroons in Paris, and a mind-boggling choice of pastries as well as chocolates. You can also grab an omelet or a salad at all the locations. Also, be sure to take home a chocolate or caramel scented candle.
Several locations in Paris, including Les Champs Elysées, Rue Royale, and Blv St-Germain
www.laduree.fr
Lenôtre is a classy traiteur, with several shops scattered throughout Paris.
But beyond great terrines and soufflés they also offer extraordinary chocolate treats.For those a little more curious about the world of chocolate and who wish to learn its secrets, Lenôtre offers morning and weeklong classes
Ecole Lenôtre
48 avenue Victor Hugo, 75116 Paris
Tél: 01 45 02 21 21
Métro: Victor Hugo
www.lenotre.fr
Paris' best ice cream can be found chez Berthillon on Ile St-Louis. Here is an idea for a decadent afternoon snack pair a scoop of their chocolate sorbet with a mug of frothy hot chocolate. Their Salon de Thé next door to the ice cream shop also has unbelievable desserts, including perhaps the best, tarte Tatin in Paris.
Berthillon
31 rue St. Louis-en-L'ile
Métro: Pont Marie or Sully-Morland
Closed Monday and Tuesday
www.berthillon.fr
The prestigious Ritz-Escoffier school for amateur and professional gastronomes offers courses, which are given with a translator and a Ritz chef. If you wish to learn your chocolate ABC's at this establishment, book yourself for the chocolate class - well in advance. It's as high in demand as its chocolates!
Ecole Ritz Escoffier
15 place Vendome (student entrance: 38 rue Cambon, 75001 Paris)
Tél: 01 43 16 30 50
Métro: Concorde/Opera/Madeleine
www.ritzparis.com
Antoine Rumpelmayer founded this grand Viennese café, in 1903. It was a favorite with Proust, Coco Chanel and George V. Angelina is a must for Parisians and tourists alike. The thick as honey, sweet hot chocolate, is accompanied with cream and served on a silver tray, and yes you should definitely try the pastries to. I know, I know, you can go on a diet some other lifetime.
Chez Angelina
226 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
Tél: 01 42 60 82 00
Métro: Tuileries
www.angelina.fr
This is the chocolate lover's dream come true. Some 100,000 chocoholics, and chocolatiers from all over the world, descend on the Carrousel du Louvre for chocolate fashion shows, chocolate sculpture, chocolate awards, chocolate workshops and chocolate tasting.
Le Salon du Chocolat 31 Oct-4 Nov
Carrousel du Louvre, 99, rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
www.chocoland.com
Maitre Jean-Paul Hevin's boutiques are on the chocolate A-list. He has won numerous international competitions for his creations in cocoa, and recently designed the chocolate rabbit, which starred alongside Juliette Binoche and Jonny Depp in the film adaptation of Joanne Harris' novel, Chocolat.
Hevin's boutique on the rue Saint-Honore also has a Salon de Thé on the second floor, where besides indulging in creamy hot chocolate you can actually order a meal.
Jean-Paul Hevin
Boutique et Salon de Thé
231 rue Saint-Honore, 75001 Paris
Tél: 01 55 35 35 96
Métro: Tuileries
Other locations: 3 rue Vavin, 75006 Paris
and 16 avenue de la Motte-Picquet, 75007 Paris
Chocolates may be ordered over the Internet at www.hevin-chocolatier.com
Delicabar is located in Le Grand Epicerie, and it isn't uncommon to see a line of shoppers waiting to savor chocolate créateur's Sébastien Gaudard's chocolat chaud.
Delicabar
At Le Grand Epicerie
26-38 rue de Sévres
Métro: Sévres-Babylon
www.delicabar.fr
Robert Linxe is an old master, who helped put France on the world map of chocolate in the 1970s when he opened his first boutique. He is known among the crème de la crème of international chocoholics who appreciate the sophisticated choice of subtle and smooth, classic flavors such as caramel and plain but also intriguing tastes such as fennel and lemon zest.
La Maison du Chocolat
225du Faubourg Saint-Honore, 75008 Paris
Métro: Ternes
(Other locations: 52 rue Francois 1, 75008 Paris, 8 boulevard de la Madeleine, 75009 Paris, 19 rue de Sevres, 75006 Paris and 89 avenue Raymond Pincare, 75116 Paris.)
www.lamaisonduchocolat.fr
This tiny, and modern chocolate shop is located on the trendy rue Montorgueil near Les Halles, the busiest neighborhood of the City of Lights. Be sure to order a cup of their dark, bittersweet brew, which gushes from their well-polished copper cauldron.
Charles Chocolatier
15, rue Montorgueil
Métro: Les Halles
Pierre Hermé has been dubbed by the international press as the "Picasso of Pastries, and his passion for technical precision has redefined the art of pastry making.
While you are there get Hermé carré Yu: orange zest cream, raw and cooked apples flavored with orange and yuzu, sablé breton crust, covered with a thin layer of white chocolate, or Yu: a milk chocolate casing filled with layers of praline meringue and whipped cream, raw and cooked apples flavored with orange and yuzu, praline cream. the macaroons are not only creative but orgasmic as well!
Pierre Hermé Boutique
72 rue Bonaparte
75006 Paris
Tél: 01 43 54 47 77
Métro: Saint-Sulpice
(Also at 185 rue de Vaugirard 75015 Paris Tél:01 47 83 89 96)
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