I’m having a hard time believing it’s been more than a month since I wrote something. In my defense, I’ve been writing emails, lettre de motivation, school papers, audition requests, and grocery lists…but nothing so romantic as a blog about another amazing Parisian pastry. Since I last wrote, I’ve been to Morocco, survived another snow storm, was bitten on the face by an enthusiastic Golden Retriever, ate dinner at Abri, started riding my new, amazing Gazelle bike, had a visit from a couple of great friends, started training for a 10k, and nearly got run over not once, not twice, but three times by enthusiastic local drivers. A lot has been going on, and I have a lot of blog posts boiling up in my head. But guess what ? In the next days I will be preparing for a couple of concerts, and then I will drive from Paris to Warsaw. With our dog. Because that is a thing people do.
In the meantime, I will hold on to the memory of this pastry. Sometime mid-January, the well-known chocolateer, Jacques Genin, announced that he would no longer be making pastries. Rumors spread like wildfire, and the disappointment in the (large) community of local gourmands was palpable. Then, little by little, people started posting photos. He hadn’t suspended pastry production at all. You just have to go eat them in his tea salon, or order them ahead of time. I actually think if you ask really nicely, they’ll go kidnap a tarte au citron from the kitchen and pack it up for you. Anyway, when my dear friends were visiting this week, I knew we had to go have hot chocolate at JG. He had a couple of pastries-of-the-day, and his typical list of millefeuille a la minute. When the words ‘éphémère au chocolat’ escaped the lips of the serveuse, I knew I had to have it. Chocolate mousse with a crisp hazelnut feuilletine–it was worth every single calorie. I also partook (?) in what is listed on the menu as a chococcino– a sort of overly decadent version of a mocha latte, as only Jacques Genin himself could create.
I have to permanently make mention of the amazing service in this shop–they’re always quick with samples of whatever is new, even if you are just in to by a small box of chocolates. But ! They were also pleasantly accommodating to the 7-month-old baby we had in tow, even giving him a free sample of the pear-flavored pâte de fruit. Needless to say, I was jealous. Of a baby. If you need me, I will be running the requisite amount of kilometers needed to burn off that chococcino.
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Jacques Genin
133, Rue de Turenne
75003
