Cream puffs, when made well, are crispy little things which look like a tiny roll, but disclose a creamy surprise with the first bite. This shop features cream puffs, caramels, chocolates and especially sublime quenelles, the buttery mini cake. They even have sourdough bread.
105 Rue Vercingétorix
Pozzetto is an Italian run ice cream shop near the Villiers metro stop in Paris. You would most likely be taking a cab or the metro to get here as Pozzetto is a bit out of the mainstream. Once you arrive, however, prepare to be delighted!
Pozzetto’s second location at 39 Rue du Roi de Sicile near Centre Georges Pompidou is easier to get to.
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Pozzetto
39 Rue du Roi de Sicile
M: Hotel de Ville
Pozzetto
21 rue de Lévis
M: Villiers
Ladurée goes back to 1862, when it started as a bakery. Nowadays, it is a tea salon/ice cream parlor which is a throwback to elegant and, yes, snootier, times. But the 7 page dessert menu should entice you to stay and ignore the stuffy atmosphere. Will you feel comfortable in sweaty shorts and flip flops here? Not a chance. A beachside margarita bar it ain’t.
Some highlights:
The Elysée: cocoa biscuit with praline, thin, Madagascar chocolate leaves, chocolate cream, chocolate zabaglione mousse, chocolate biscuit and cocoa soaked in cocoa syrup.
Coupe Isfahan, a blend of raspberry sorbet, rose petal ice cream, fresh raspberry, lychees, Chantilly cream and raspberry coulis.
Macaroons, the delicate Parisian sandwich cookie which is decidedly NOT a coconut flake cookie. Flavors include licorice, rose petal, blackcurrant and coconut, as well as mainstream delights such as coffee, white and dark chocolate, and pistachio. Watch for specials like grenadine and lily of the valley.
There are other locations on the Champs Elysées and in St. Germain — and in Monaco and London.
Ladurée Royale — 16, rue Royale, 75008 Paris, France. Telephone: 33 1 42 60 21 79. Web site: www.laduree.fr/
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