Hi guys!
Hi.
We got a tip from our Airbnb host who just happens to be a pastry chef in Paris.
Come on!
On where to find the best pastry in the whole city
so that was a place we need to visit.
It’s called Angelina.
We’re walking by the Louvre, it’s behind us right now actually.
So we’re walking through this gorgeous garden on our way to Angelina and I cannot wait.
Me too.
We have just come from Angelina and wow!
Oh my god!
That was unbelievably delicious.
I am so glad that we went there.
I think that was the best pastry I’ve ever had.
I would have to agree.
In my life.
It was so unique.
It wasn’t just sweet but it had this really complex taste
and it almost looks like little tendrils of noodles or folds of the brain.
And then in the inside it had this cream filling.
We couldn’t finish ours - we had to, you know, get them to go.
It was way too rich!
And they’re also…they’re known for that.
It’s called the Mont-Blanc pastry.
So different.
It’s really good.
What’s it taste like?
I don’t know.
The outside had this taste that I still can’t quite put my…my finger on.
It was almost like almond and like marzipan and chocolate
but there was something that I just can’t figure out what it was.
And you won’t because it’s a secret recipe.
Yeah and they’re known for that
and they’ve kept that secret recipe for over 100 years.
And they also are known for their African hot chocolate
so we got that as well.
Wow was that rich.
It was so thick that as you were pouring it you could just tell it was like liquid chocolate really.
I think there was actually a blob of chocolate that went in.
Yeah!
It had barely been diluted at all, truly.
So rich.
I loved the decor in there.
It was from the Belle Époque and just so charming and authentic feeling.
It didn’t seem as though it had changed at all
and knowing that Coco Chanel used to go there almost every day
because apparently she loved their hot chocolate as well and I can see why.
Yeah.
We saw the table that she used to sit at right by the mirror.
Apparently she liked to sit by the mirror.
Below the light.
Below the light so that she could discretely kind of watch what was going on around her.
So we got a shot of whoever was sitting there unbeknownst to them.
Apologies to that guy.
But this was so memorable.
I’m so glad that we got to go.
I’ll just never forget it.
It felt really charming and just lovely.
Just a lovely way to spend an afternoon.
Apparently Angelina started in 1903
and it was actually an Austrian confectioner who started it by the name of Rumplemayer
and he named it after his daughter-in-law Angelina,
which I think you’ll agree is a far more charming name than Rumplemayer for a tea room.
One tip, if you do end up there is to reserve in advance.
I had booked us a reservation and didn’t realize how important that would be
but when we arrived there was quite a line
and I sort of nipped to the front to just ask if we have a reservation, do we have to wait?
And she said ‘oh no’ like ‘come ahead’.
And so I had this great like Rockafeller moment where I got to go back outside and wave Marc through
while everyone kind of stared you down.
Felt like ballers.
And all you had to do was make a reservation on their website so
that’s a good way to save time.
You too can be a baller.
But yeah there seemed to be a pretty steady line so I was glad that we had booked that ahead.
Anyway I hope that you enjoyed seeing it as well and kind of eating and drinking vicariously.
It was amazing.
Add it to your Paris list.
Yes.
If you come to Paris then I would highly, highly recommend going to Angelina
because honestly it…I don’t know when I’ll ever have pastry like that again.
Best pastry ever?
It really was the best pastry I’ve ever had.
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