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Dining Out and About (Paris): Afternoon snack
By Ann | June 3, 2010
Goûter is usually for kids, served up after school, the type of snack that legitimizes chocolate bars stuffed into a fresh baguette.But a mid-afternoon snack is also a good idea for grown-ups, especially when you’re surrounded by the world’s most delicious pâtisserie. So many toothsome delicacies, so little time. Goûter is just another opportunity to gobble them up.
My friend, Erin, and I sometimes meet for goûter, indulging in a little tea, a little pastry, a little gossip. A few weeks ago, we sampled a box of Pierre Hermé’s finest and played with Erin’s son. At two months, he was still too young to gum down on a macaron. We ate his share.
More recently, we enjoyed a pair of exquisite mille feuilles at Jacques Genin’s lovely tea room. He’s famous for chocolate truffles in exotic flavors like basil or pu’er tea, but his pastry ain’t half bad either. These mille feuilles were stacked to order, filled with salted caramel cream (Erin’s), or raspberry jam and vanilla (mine).
Crisp layers of flaky pastry, sandwiched with bright raspberry jam and vanilla cream. ‘Twas most definitely a goûter to remember.
Jacques Genin
133 rue de Turenne, 3ème
tel: 01 45 77 29 01
Monday-Saturday, 11am-7pm
Closed Sunday
Topics: Dining Out and About |
June 3rd, 2010 at 10:33 am
Oh! Those photos are making me salivate. By the way, I entered goûter into Google and after the top three results, it offered me this alternative:
See results for: goiter
June 3rd, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Oh my goodness….that looks so yummy! Perhaps I’ll be able to try them when I am in Paris in October….will you be around? I’m just planning my trip now! =)
June 4th, 2010 at 12:50 am
My favorite goûter is a pain au chocolat from Poilane, although a simple slice of baguette stuffed with a wedge of dark chocolate is divine as well (and yes, I suppose it’s the same principle!).
June 4th, 2010 at 2:05 am
Maria — Goiter! Haaaaa! Google is so sophisticated.
Alison — Yes!!! I’ll be here and would love to see you! October is a beautiful time to visit. As your plans shape up, I’ll send you a list of my favorite places to try. Jacques Genin is definitely on there!
Chris — Also good is the illicit heel of a baguette, broken off and eaten while walking home from the boulangerie.
June 4th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
Try “goûter” - the circumflex makes all the difference!
Wonderful (and very tempting) photos. Love your blog, Ann.
Frantzie Couch
Lawton, Oklahoma
June 6th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
Love the fact that they make them to order! And the room is so elegant, too. Really feels like a bite of luxury.
June 14th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
I LOVE the mille-feuilles at Jacques Genin!! Plus the chocolates and caramels aren’t too bad either!It is a MUST stop when I’m in Paris! Thanks for the photos—I will need a new keyboard after all the drooling.
June 16th, 2010 at 7:14 am
Frantzie — Thank you for reading! Love how crucial that circumflex is to the google search.
Camille — It was the “monté à la minute” that convinced us. And I forgot to mention that I drank some delicious green to accompany my pastry.
Cheryl — Have you tried their mango-passion fruit caramels? Heavenly.