Christina L.
Yelp
These choux were some of the best things that we ate during our weekend in Paris - this place only sells choux - you can buy them individually or in sets of 6, 12, etc. If you want the cute, long rectangular box that holds 6, you'll have to buy that many (and it will cost you 14€). The little shop is beautiful, modern with a minimal wooden interior that lets the little colorful-topped choux stand out.
You need to keep these refrigerated, so if you're hoping to save these for a snack on a train or plane later, you may want to just buy what you can consume as the cream inside may spoil after a long trip, or the pastry shell will get soggy. We had ordered 6 and then were told they needed to be refrigerated, so we proceeded to eat all 6 of them right away in the span of 10 min. It was a delicious lunch ;)
They have about 20-25 different flavors, and the parfums du moment rotate, so ask them what flavors they are since they are not labeled with the actual flavor. The staff speaks English well, so you'll be able to get by even if you don't speak French.
The outside pastry shell of the choux are all firm on the outside but soft at the same time. Exactly how this pastry should be. The cream is the right texture, not grainy and not overly sweet (for most of the flavors) We loved that they were mini sized so we could try a variety of flavors - there were some that had us wanting to go back to the store to get seconds.
The flavors we got:
- Passionfruit - I love everything passionfruit, so naturally I loved this one. This one was probably a tinge sweeter than the apple one, but it was delicious all the same.
- Apple - This was a really unique flavor as I've never really had an "apple cream puff" but it was a perfect fall dessert. Small little pieces of apple were scattered through the cream and there weren't too many spices in the cream to overpower the whole chou. I'd highly recommend this one if you see it in the store; also the metallic copper chocolate piece on top was pretty.
- Raspberry - This tasted like a raspberry sorbet in a chou; slightly tangy and tart, slightly sweet but not too sweet. This was a great combination and pretty unique. We liked this one a lot.
- Salted Caramel - The salted caramel they make in Paris is amazing - not sickly sweet, and you can taste the saltiness to round out the rest of the pastry sweetness well. We loved this and wanted more.
- Gianduja - I normally like anything with chocolate + hazelnut but this was too sweet for my taste. I wouldn't get this again.
- Roasted Peanuts - This was one of their special / seasonal flavors and it was amazing. The texture of the peanut cream was light, perfect, and had just that perfect salty-sweet going on to complement the rest of the chou. This was one we wanted seconds of.
Overall, about the same price as you'd pay for a macaron at Pierre Herme, so slightly pricey, but totally worth every penny. I loved these and would definitely come back here. Best to eat these fresh so the texture is as intended. Will definitely come back here again - there are 4 locations total in Paris, so hopefully you can find one of them to try these cute little choux.