Wednesday 30 May 2012
Yann Casparini I am a hotel manager. With a hundred of contemporary hotel managers we created this travel magazine to share our selection of addresses and tips.
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Petites Merveilles de Damas : Delicacies Made in Syria

• 5 Oct, 2011 • Catégorie: Gourmet, Parisian moments

After having tasted all English and American pastries, the staff of Hoosta magazine is ready to discover the real East. In the middle of the Latin Quarter, the sober store, des petites merveilles de damas, opens to you a gourmet and girly universe. Founded by Rachida and Romain, this delicatessen provides Syrian pastries only: [...]



And the best pastry chefs are…

• 15 Sep, 2011 • Catégorie: Gourmet, Parisian moments

Last Wednesday, on the occasion of the tea party organized by its famous pastry chef Christophe Michalak, the Plaza Athenee was full of gourmets . All for the benefit of the association Vision du Monde, in partnership with the magazine Le Chef . This event having fifteen of the best pastry chefs round [...]



Truffes Folies: heaven of the black diamond

• 9 Sep, 2011 • Catégorie: Gourmet, Parisian moments, Restaurant

Right next to the Champ de Mars, on Malar Street, there’s one of the most beautiful surprises of the 7th arrondissement. Truffes Folies is kind of the Eden for every amateur of the black diamond. Both caterer and fine food store but also restaurant, we savour all kinds of products truffle-stuffed: polenta or truffled [...]



VasaVasa : a genius Sicilian ice-cream maker!

• 6 Sep, 2011 • Catégorie: Gourmet, Parisian moments

Italian people enjoy eating an ice-cream not only in summer but also in winter! VasaVasa intends to make Parisians want to adopt this way of life! Open last spring, this Sicilian ice-cream maker could be a real threat to the Berthillon and other Amorino with his organic ice creams (without any additive or preservative) [...]



Cooperativa Latte Cisternino: the Italian gem of Paris

• 11 Aug, 2011 • Catégorie: Gourmet, Parisian moments

There are a few places we would like to keep to ourselves but end up giving up because we’re so proud to know them. The Cooperativa Latte Cisternino is one of those places! In this authentic Italian dairy shop, no room for fuss: boxes of pasta lie on the floor while the merchant cheerfully [...]



Popelini: the cutest gourmet boutique!

• 21 Jul, 2011 • Catégorie: Gourmet, Parisian moments

After macaroons and cupcakes, here come the lovely little cream puffs! Greediness appears to have no limits despite the endless diets listed in women magazines. To treat ourselves without having to blush, let’s go to Popelini, THE new gourmet boutique of the Marais where you will find the cutest cream puffs. Made by young [...]



Comptoir des Abbayes: a monastic boutique!

• 19 Jul, 2011 • Catégorie: Beauty, Fashion and design, Gourmet, Parisian moments

To all the Parisian Bobos, here is an address on rue des Martyrs that might catch your attention. The new, very monastic concept store Le Comptoir des Abbayes plays on authenticity and crafts. In this sense, it only sells products made in abbeys from all over France. Balms, flower waters, candy and other jellies, [...]



West Paris keeps on attracting crowds!

• 14 Jul, 2011 • Catégorie: Gourmet, Parisian moments

Paris seems to be sizzling. After the rebirth of areas such as Montmartre or the 10th arrondissement, the opening of multicultural venues such as the Petit Bain, Paris is bound to distract its residents. This summer, we rush to West Paris to discover the park of Saint-Cloud and its garden party style brunch and [...]



Tea time at Angelina’s!

• 30 Jun, 2011 • Catégorie: Gourmet, Parisian moments

After the Tour Montparnasse, rue de Rivoli and the Versailles estate, Angelina decided to settle near the birds of the Jardin d’Acclimatation. This new shop of the famous Viennese-like tearoom offers its legendary pastries in a lovely country setting. Among the Choc Africain, the Mont-Blanc and the Tarte Citron, we don’t know which [...]



Brunch at the Jacquemart-André Café

• 24 Jun, 2011 • Catégorie: Gourmet, Parisian moments

As we know it, Parisian museums don’t only hold works of art, they also house some of the tastiest restaurants and tea rooms of the French capital! Among them is the Café of the Jacquemart-André Museum, near the Champs-Elysées, where it is nice to brunch when sunny days arrive. In a chic historical setting [...]



A Loghja: the best Corsican delicatessen in Paris!

• 6 Jun, 2011 • Catégorie: Gourmet, Parisian moments

Want a one-way ticket to the Island of Beauty? Enter the modern Corsican delicatessen of A Loghja. In a urban blood red setting, there are hams, dry sausages hanging and other terrines made with recipes from the former chef of luxury hotel La Villa in Calvi! We fall for the olive oil and wine [...]