Comments on: Dessert “Picnic” at the Place des Vosges

By: Gina

Gina — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:52:12 +0000

Hi Vanessa. Apparently Mi-Va-Mi, the other falafel place across the street, is also considered a competitor of L’as Du Falafel. This I gathered from reading the blog thegirlwhoeatseverything. There’s another street that we discovered by accident–rue de la Huchette, very near Notre Dame. This is a very narrow street, made even narrower by the riot of Greek, Turkish, and other Middle Eastern restaurants on both sides.The atmosphere is boisterous and colorful and loud, with maitre d’s practically grabbing you to enter their establishments. Pita and chickpea balls and hummus and gyros at every turn.

By: lyna

lyna — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:12:05 +0000

no wonder the French earned the rights to “French Pastry”

By: Lilibeth

Lilibeth — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:55:24 +0000

This post just reminded me to make some of those tarts while strawberries and raspberries are still in season and cheap too. Thank you, MM.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:06:10 +0000

Gina, I tried L’As Du Falafel’s rival down the street Chez Hannah, as the former was closed for Shabbat when I was in there. The queue at takeout was equally legendary, snaking across the block. Chez Hannah was the bomb! Their fried aubergines was the stuff of dreams. The falafels were scrumptious. It was the taste of Tel Aviv for me. Next time I will compare both establishment’s offerings but it seems that each has a share of fervent followers in Paris.

By: Gina

Gina — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:11:13 +0000

MM, did you have the falafel at L’as du falafel? I had read about this famous place from foodblogs and did not expect that it would be along the route of the Marais walking tour we took. You can’t help but be drawn to the place as there was someone on the street animatedly egging on the tourists to sample the falafel, proudly declaring that the NYTimes considers theirs (and not the competition across) “the best.”

By: patty

patty — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:19:43 +0000

an ooopsie… it should be dessert find…the sweet, not the arid kind

By: patty

patty — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:10:18 +0000

Apricot flan – my Parisian desert find. On our last day in Paris, I stopped at a patisserie for some goodies to take with us on our flight back home. The apricot tart looked so thick, luscious and was screaming ‘buy me’. Not wanting to hurt any tart’s feelings, I bought 2 squares. These lucky 2 squares would eventually cause some confusion during the flight and break a woman’s heart.

When my husband and I decided to eat them midway thru the flight, the woman seated next to him kept asking the flight attendant/s for what my husband was having. Of course, the flight attendant can’t comply and kept saying, “we don’t have that”. The woman finally asked my husband where he got the yummy-looking thing he was eating. Husband replied, “I don’t know. I’ll ask my wife.” :)

Back home, search for recipe began. Googled for apricot tart; got some results but never really tried them. I discovered a local French bakery and asked if they have apricot tart. Reply was: “We have apricot flan.” Bought those, and that was very similar to what I bought in Paris.

By: Albenia

Albenia — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:48:10 +0000

Thank you for all this good photos, at least we get the sight and a wonderful imagining of this fabulous place and dessert you had while in France.

By: Jun b

Jun b — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:10:16 +0000

Yummy….Been away for sometime and the last few topics are really interesting. I need to catch up on them when time permits. Welcome back MM.

By: Ingrid Mediarito

Ingrid Mediarito — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:38:12 +0000

I love good food and traveling! You are a very blessed one for having this kind of life :)