Category Archives: Paris

Paris: Gelato from Amorino

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Being a typical Asian I love variety and Amorino offers just that. They sell Gelato and they let you choose as many flavours as you want so long as they can fit it into the cup or cone. Favorite flavours … Continue reading →

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Paris 2012: Versailles and Angelina

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

Hall of Mirrors  Some peace from the crowds outside After circling around the grounds of Versailles, we finally found Angelina. Friends had their iced chocolate. I went with their famous mont blanc. The chestnut paste was really awesome- sweet but very nutty and starchy. … Continue reading →

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Paris 2012: Poilâne

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

Twice I went to Cuisine de Bar (this place served tartines, i.e. open-faced sandwiches, using Poilâne loaves) and both times it was closed (sigh!). Thankfully Poilâne’s opening hours are much more forgiving towards a traveler’s schedule. Well all you have to know is pain Poilâne … Continue reading →

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Paris 2012: Sadaharu Aoki

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

My greatest regret about exchange is chickening out of visiting Paris for the third time on my own. It’s okay. I’ll pick up french. I’ll plan my ‘pastry routes’ properly. I’ll stay in a small apartment in Paris and eke … Continue reading →

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Paris 2012: Café Pouchkine

Posted on October 26, 2012 by

If you ask me what is the cafe to go to for cakes and macarons in Paris, a place which has something for every picky sweet tooth, I’ll say Café Pouchkine. It’s a small narrow space, yet designed in a decadent way fit … Continue reading →

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Paris 2012: 1728

Posted on September 29, 2012 by

If dining in the restored salons of Hotel Mazin La Fayette built in 1728 isn’t enough to impress you, I’m sure the food will. Warm, crusty baguette with stretchy insides. My staple in Paris.  Flavours 1728. The family friend who hosted … Continue reading →

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Paris 2012: Un Dimanche à Paris

Posted on September 24, 2012 by

Un Dimanche à Paris or a Sunday in Paris is a chocolatier and pâtisserie run by Pierre Cluizel. Does the name “Cluizel” ring a bell? Pierre Cluizel’s the son of Michel Cluizel, a famous chocolatier whose chocolate is exported all around … Continue reading →

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Summer in France

Posted on August 24, 2012 by

It was not until two years ago that I started traveling more frequently in summer. The June holidays were often used to catch-up on school work, and only in November did the real holiday start (pre-uni students I empathize with you, really). … Continue reading →

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Paris- Ladurée

Posted on September 28, 2010 by

We were walking along Avenue des Champs-Élysées and the viscious cold wind was blowing against us. At that moment, it was really hard to appreciate what the french dubbed as the most beautiful avenue in the world! But I insisted … Continue reading →

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Paris- The Notre Dame cathedral

Posted on May 30, 2010 by

I expected the place to be really touristy but was pleasantly surprised to find it free of crowds thieves with shifty eyes. What a relief! We took a metro to Hotel de Ville, crossed the river Seine to the place … Continue reading →

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