It’s rare that I find a boulangerie that also does great pâtisserie, but the Italian brothers behind Brigat’ in the Marais manage to excel in all three French baking categories – bread, viennoiserie, and pastry – with a keen, particulalry astute understanding of when to innovate and when to leave well enough alone.
Category: Pastry
PleinCoeur Deserves the Accolades
If you stick to the true pâtisseries at this Batignolles pastry shop, from award-winning, palace hotel pastry chef Maxime Frédéric, it’s hard to go wrong.
Bontemps’ Secret Garden is a Luxe Pastry Haven without the Lines
This lovely tea salon still feels a bit like a secret – and the pastries are positively divine.
Mille et Un Delivers on the Black Sesame Promise
Social media has brought some massive changes to the way that we conceive of food. Birthday cakes are taller. Cheese pull is cheesier and pullier. And the eye-catching colors of matcha, pistachio, and black sesame dominate. But at least when it comes to the latter, Mille et Un is delivering substance as well as style. In this 6th arrondissement pastry shop just steps from the Bon Marché, Seo Yongsang is showcasing a marriage of French technique and Korean flavors with aplomb.
My Favorite Pastry in Paris (Right Now)
This page features my current top 5 pastry spots in Paris. It’s extremely subjective. And it’s subject to change. Often.
Laouz is Offering Creative, Delicious Fusion Pastries Rooted in Algerian Tradition
Laouz is an Algerian-inspired pastry shop with an eye towards uniting tradition and innovation, not to mention the flavors of Chef Rachid Sellali’s heritage and his travels.
Boris Lumé Effortlessly Blends French and Japanese Techniques and Flavors
Beneath the classic appeal of its exterior and the gorgeous details of the tiling within, the bakery case here is positively chock-a-block with foreign influence.
The Ritz Splashes Out on Pastry
François Perret is the latest palace hotel pastry chef to get his own pastry counter, and it’s my favorite of the bunch.
Gilles Marchal is the Madeleine King of Paris for a Reason
Marchal makes over 70 different madeleines in his eponymous Montmartre shop.
Benoit Castel Offers a Beautiful Space to Enjoy Beautiful Pastries
Delicious pastries in a beautiful setting a short walk from Buttes Chaumont park.