Fauchon; Paris

I'm a sugar junky. Will cry if sugar levels are depleted. On a trip to Paris last year, the husband took me to Parisian store Fauchon on the day he proposed (he knows me only too well).

The store has bright pink doors. Nothing says welcome more than that. The store is split into two buildings - one that's a cafe, the other is a store where you can buy their treats in boxes to take home. We go to the store first to stock up.

We find fresh jellies, truffles, biscuits, hot chocolate, coffee, tea, dessert toppings, plus much, much, much more. I went a little berserk.

 

The hot pink theme extends to their boxes. I bought several boxes just to take home the packaging.

 

In the cafe, we ordered desserts and sat down to recover after the chocolate-shopping extravaganza. Of course there were macarons, we are in Paris after all. Fauchon is well-known for their avante guard desserts, much like Zumbo is in Australia. I could definitely see where he gets some of his inspiration from after visiting this chocolate establishment.

 

 

 

Mona Lisa eclairs.

 

Truffles on sticks.

The husband ordered the interesting dessert below - I can't remember what it was, but it had rum shooters in it.

 

I ordered a take on the traditional fruit tart. The biscuit base was a lit crisper, with pistachios, and topped with raspberries. I thought I had died and gone to heaven.

 

 

If you're visiting Paris, make sure you drop by. The staff are extremely pleasant and, as you can see, happy to let people take an excessive amount of photos (unlike at Laduree, where they told me to put the camera away). Plus, you get to take home lots of hot ink boxes ...