Les Editeurs, Paris, France

Paris is an enchanting city. The sights, sounds and smells of this city can be so modern but at the same time feel like the olden days with its intricate architecture and stoned side walks. Recently, we were privileged to visit this beautiful city to take in the Parisian sights and way of living.

The road from Panthéon Paris to Palais du Luxembourg is a nice one, bringing you from one magnificent building to another, with a great park, Jardin du Luxembourg, connected to it. Definitely a place where you can forget that you're in the city.

Panthéon

Jardin du Luxembourg

Palais du Luxembourg

Sénat

Odéon

We stopped at Les Editeurs on our way back to have some dinner and what an interesting restaurant it was!

Big publishing houses in Paris used to be based here and you can see from the decor and ambience that it is very "literature based" with books gracing the walls of the restaurant. We do love the way these French restaurants are set, with the chairs facing outwards. Seems like the French love their people watching! Service was top notch, our server spoke English and was willing to help with menu selection too. They do have an English menu as well.

Starter of Salmon salad

 Penne with basil pesto and sun-dried tomato

 Roasted duck fillet with red fruits and mashed potatoes. Duck was cooked to a beautiful pink centre and the sweet fruity sauce went very well with it. The star dish of the night.

 Dessert was chocolate cake with raspberry sauce

Verdict: We were certainly impressed with the duck and the dessert was good, however the salmon starter and penne was slightly above average. But for the duck, interesting ambience, and the good service, we would recommend a visit if you are in the area.

Opening hours: 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.

Price: €57 for 2 persons

Location:Les Editeurs, 4, carrefour de l'Odéon, 75006 Paris, France.

Website: http://www.lesediteurs.fr/



*This is a guest post by The Unc.





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Macarons @ Ladurée Paris, Charles De Gaulle Airport

*Update (24/11/2017): Laduree is finally open in Malaysia. At Pavilion KL Level 3.


Hi everyone! How have you been? We were in Scotland for two weeks during the recent school holidays. I look forward to sharing some photos from our vacation :)

We flew from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Aberdeen Airport, and in between we had a 4 hour transit in Paris. And when in Paris, one has to look for the famed Ladurée macarons, right?

Ladurée is known as the inventor of the macaron, and according to Wikipedia 15,000 macarons are sold every day. The story of the Ladurée macaron starts with Pierre Desfontaines, second cousin of Louis Ernest Ladurée, who at the beginning of the 20th century first thought of taking two macaron shells and joining them with a delicious ganache filling.

The famed macarons from Ladurée Paris

On the way over, we stopped at Terminal 2F and the first store we saw after we passed through baggage check was Ladurée. It was fate. They have 17 different flavours to choose from at present, a few which are seasonal such as pure Origin chocolate from Ghana and red fruits. Each macaron is priced at €1.85, or you can choose from a range of gift boxes. Unless you're planning to keep the box or give the macarons as a gift, I say ditch the box and go for the paper bag option and use the money to get more macarons!

Gift boxes

Oo la la!

Macaron flavours

Yay! We got our first box of Ladurée macarons

A box of 6 macarons for € 15.80

The flavours that we went for were lemon (citron), chocolate, ginger yuzu (yuzu gingembre), salted caramel (caramel fleur de sel), rose, and raspberry. The macaron's texture was crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside - great! However, we found the lemon and raspberry fillings to be a little on the sweet side. The salted caramel and rose were just perfect for me.

Doesn't it look perfect?

Which brings us to our return leg from Aberdeen to Kuala Lumpur with another 4 1/2 hour transit in Paris, this time in Terminal 2E. Hubby laughed and commented how I conveniently found a place for us to rest our feet right next to the Ladurée store. :)

Temptation was too great, and we ended up getting macarons again, this time we skipped the box and went straight for our two favorite flavours - salted caramel and rose. And the lady was so nice to give complimentary macarons to our kids, definitely put a huge smile on their faces :)

We got a total of 8 macarons this time - 2 each (no sharing required :P)

Salted caramel and rose macarons ♥

Can't get enough! Trying to grab more macarons off the iPhone screen :P

The closest Ladurée to KL is in Singapore - will definitely go visit their store next time I'm there.

Price: €1.85 per macaron, €15.80 per box of 6 (gift box).

Location: Ladurée Paris, Terminal 2E and 2F, Charles De Gaulle Airport, Paris, France.

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