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La Pâtisserie des Rêves by Philippe Conticini
So somehow La pâtisserie des rêves never really made it to the blog, although it is one of my favorite pastry shops! The chef is Philippe Coniticini. He is a well known pastry chef. His shops are one...
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Weekend tastings: Pastry tour
I had a little “pastry tour” with a wonderful blogreader – Hey Samantha!! ^^ – and my new flatmate (+ sister later)! We started off with Mori Yoshida, proceeded to Rue du Bac where La Patisserie des...
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Weekend Tasting: Pierre Hermé
The other weekend I went to Pierre Hermé with my friend to try some pastries we hadn’t tried yet. We picked up two macarons and three pastries. The one you see above is the tarte café. Every component...
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Cinnamon Buns
This is the recipe I have been making for years, but somehow I never posted it here. Before I knew I could make these things myself (before I really got into baking at home), I used to eat them during...
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Weekend Tasting: Pralus
If you haven’t eaten this bread before, it looks odd. If you have, I bet you just want to eat it again now you think about it. This bread is called La Praluline by François Pralus. It’s a rich buttery...
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Weekend Tasting: Ciel
Ciel is a pastry shop that only sells angels cakes. I have been here once before in March and had the chocolate cake then. As one of my friends is leaving Paris soon (for good T_T) she wants to try...
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Happy New Year!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! It’s 2015! I can’t believe how fast 2014 has passed. A lot has happened in this year for me. My journey of becoming a pastry chef started and I moved to Paris in the end of January to...
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Weekend Tasting: Des gateaux et du Pain
Last time I tried the apple tarte tatin from des Gateaux et du Pain, this time we tried the damassé and the chausson au citron. The chausson I had tried before already actually and I think my taste...
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I graduated! + Snapshots of my internship
Wednesday the 26th of November I officially graduated from Ferrandi. After 5 months of doing the Intensive program in French Pastry and 3 months of interning we all got our diplomas. So question is,...
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Time for another adventure.
In my previous post I updated about graduating and getting a job in Paris, at the hotel where I interned. Now, roughly one month later, I moved out of Paris. Even though I got myself a job at a great...
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