Comments on: gluttony vs willpower

By: chri

chri — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 03:12:51 +0000

I know that place! Rue de Courcelles. I went by it practically every day on my way to work last year, and looked and smelled and pined… But I couldn’t justify paying that much for so little. It’s about five times the price of the adverage boulangerie/chocolaterie chocolate.

By: Bluegrass Mama

Bluegrass Mama — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:26:31 +0000

This post and the comments are breaking my little American heart. I thought I could be happy with my Reese’s Peanut Butter eggs, but they pale in comparison.

By: nardac

nardac — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:31:56 +0000

This is actually one time that I miss being on the border with Bruxelles. By golly, those Belgiums really do get it right with the chocolate… kicking french butts out of town with their concoctions. There’s some guy on Pyrenees whose chocolatier name is like…. de Bruxelles… Eddie de Bruxelles??? Well, anyways, I walked in there about a month ago and bought 5 champagne truffles, just for me.

As for easter chocolate, honey, I started destroying hens about 3 weeks ago. Hence this week’s diet, which does NOT seem to be working, what with nutella jars and all.

By: Beckyjsbx

Beckyjsbx — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:42:43 +0000

You should see the eggs Marks and Spencer are selling this year. £60 for a huge(but hollow) egg wrapped in polythene and £30 for a huge (but also hollow) rabbit. Its such a shame for us staff when one breaks and we have to eat it rather than send it back.

By: aEuropean

aEuropean — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 08:45:32 +0000

For next time, perhaps. I have found a fantasticly original chocolatier in Paris for those looking for a different chocolate experience.

Thierry Bonnet is a self-described ‘Fleuriste du Chocolat’. His cute shop can be found near Ecole Militaire, where he displays his ‘flowers’ made of chocoloate. Imagine a florist with wonderfully different flowers, diffent colours, shapes and all edible. He will make you a custom bouquet or you can select one of his pre-made arrangements.

I bought one of his pre-arrangements for my parents last christmas, they loved it, but found it difficult to destroy the beauty of it by eating it!

I am not on a commission (honestly), its just that is an amazing shop and is worth having a look… 49, av de la Bourdonnais, 75007 (http://www.lefleuristeduchocolat.fr/com)

By: Nathalie

Nathalie — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 08:25:36 +0000

must’ve been chocolate vibes in the air yesterday, I blogged on the subject of easter chocolate too!! :D Congrats on your mention in expatica also! ;)

By: Antipo Déesse

Antipo Déesse — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:14:54 +0000

By the way, you might want to show Tadpole this hilarious and very cute Easter Bunny link: http://www.grayace.com/dex/bunny.html

By: Antipo Déesse

Antipo Déesse — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 05:13:08 +0000

Our local chocolatier does frogs Petite, I’ll get you a couple and bring them to the next blogmeet!

By: Cal

Cal — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 03:38:26 +0000

I received a chocolate bunny yesterday as early Easter gift, but unfortunately was not of “French” quality. Anyhow, it satisfied a crave, and made me love him still a bit more.

By: sammy

sammy — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:10:42 +0000

I can’t stop it – reading this post has sent me into such a foodlust that I think I have to go out and buy my OWN chocolate bunny.