A week in Paris could never be enough!

It's been a week now since we landed in this fabulous country and we have had so many food adventures, I couldn't possibly write about them all in just one post, so this will be a summary of just a couple of them and over the coming days I will write about some of my other favourites - unless of course any of you reading this want to hear more straight away - then message me and let me know and I will fill you in on all the gory, gorgeous details!

During our week, we took part in two half day tours led by the beautiful Ute of Unique Taste Experiences in Paris . Ute led my family and I through some of the most amazing foodie spots in Paris. She had tailored our tour especially for us - keeping in mind we had a 5 year old and a 7 year old in tow so of course toilet stops had to be included as well as many patisserie, chocolaterie and boulangerie stops.

We visited Du Pain et des Idées (10e - 10th arrondissement) which was voted best boulangerie for 2012 with Christophe Vasseur as the "Super baker" as he introduced himself to us! 

Christophe is famous for his bread that he is
now supplying to a lot of the best restaurants
in Paris

Outside his shopfront

Gontran Cherrier (18e) is giving Christophe a run for his money though as his artisan boulangerie is also amazing! This stop included sweet and savoury treats as we tucked into the simplest and most stunning baguette jambon....

Baguette jambon

Then on to the patisseries! We looked into the windows of many, and tried the wares of some but none could be outdone by Sébastien Gaudard (9e), with his artistic and beautiful sweet treats it was hard to choose between them but we forced ourselves!

Tarte au citron

Religieuse

The oldest patisserie was also visited - Stohrer has been operating since 1730!! Can you even imagine that?! This delightful pistachio and berry macaron was my daughters fave of all time! (It actually had a raspberry on top too but she got to it before Michael could photograph it so we replaced it with a wild strawberry from the tarte au fraise!)

Signing off now - I've just gotten hungry again...have you?

Amites, 

Kim
xo