Gourmet products local specialties and wines Ile-De-France

K-Mart is a grocery store offering a large choice of Korean and Japanese products. The shelves are well stocked, with a large fruit and vegetable area, fish and meat stalls where products delicately arranged in vacuum-packed trays are rigorously aligned. All the classics are of course there: noodles, rice, sauces of all kinds, as well as many varieties of miso, tofu, onigri and kimchi (a fermented and spicy Korean cabbage). Fans of Asian cuisine will be happy to find here more confidential products such as mentaiko, made of cod marinated eggs, shizo and sesame leaves, Korean mushrooms and green meat radish.

The old without additives, unique in Paris. This Italian glacier that works only with noble and natural products, for both sorbets and ice. Many perfumes (up to 36 in full season), some of which are exclusive (Danao, Ali Baba, caïpiroska, cheese cake, pop corn, lemon pie, Paris-brest, etc.) and permanent creations, presented in pot, corole on a cone like flower or in 1/2 litre and litre (9,50 € and 18 €). Each store has its production unit which allows for the freshness of the products and the ice preparation on the spot. The pink and purple shop makes a big acidulous candy think. The staff were friendly.

From the tree to the bar! This rural chocolate foundry occupies a beautiful and tastefully renovated vintage Briard workshop. Grégoire Engrand, a renowned chocolate maker, produces bars and chocolates from cocoa beans selected and imported by him. He works with mastery and passion to create Easter eggs, hens, roosters, lobsters and other sardines... there is something for everyone. Christmas also has its own range and classics and novelties are added all year round. He is also behind the famous chocolate pasta created in collaboration with a Brie pasta manufacturer.

Anne and Christophe Lefebvre are passionate about their work, and know how to pass on their enthusiasm as soon as the door opens. They'll share their knowledge with you, while you take the opportunity to ask them questions. A delicatessen section features products from Corsica, Spain and Italy, while the cheese stalls express a wonderful vision of the terroir, with numerous cheeses from all over France, not forgetting the great specialties of Seine-et-Marne, such as Bries de Meaux or Melun, or the famous Coulommiers.

It was in 1921 that Famille Mary was born. Jean Mary, a beekeeper by trade, set up his hives in the heart of the Moulin de Beau-Rivage, in the south of Brittany, and sold his honey on the markets. For a century now, the tradition has been passed on from generation to generation, and the family has grown. The brand has spread to Paris where it had six stores at the end of 2022, including this one in the Marais. Wide choice of honeys, of course, in jars or in tanks, organic royal jelly, flower pollen, propolis, sweets, gingerbread, organic cosmetics... In short, you will find here "treasures of the hive" thanks to which you will feel good.

History: the Miellerie du Gâtinais opened in 2008, in the heart of the Gâtinais natural park, thanks to Camille and Thierry Sergent. Their production is varied: forest, chestnut, acacia, heather or lime tree honey, royal jelly, acacia-vanilla honey (a huge success!), sweets, gingerbread, pollen, propolis, cosmetics, candles... You can even buy your honey in bulk. It's cheaper and more ecological.

Camille and Thierry Sergent are passionate and militant, as always with beekeepers, they manage a herd of several hundred hives to produce quality honey and colonies of bees. They are also keen to introduce groups, from 3 years old to professionals, to the world of plants, insects and beekeeping, using a structured educational programme. In addition, they are developing a humanitarian action on the island of Socotra, in Yemen, in the West Bank, by working for the protection of the environment through the learning of rational beekeeping and by participating in reforestation actions in desertified areas.

Visit: the free visit to an insect breeding room will not fail to fascinate you. In the spotlight: ladybirds, cockchafer beetles, grasshoppers or locusts, and of course bees whose work you can admire through a transparent hive. You will also discover the backstage of honey and its circuit. You can even follow a beekeeper training course.

It is a tea room without equivalent, which deserves that one lingers there. The reactions are unanimous, and very positive, when you walk through the door for the first time. Marble, Art Deco chandeliers, spacious and wavy benches: the place has an undeniable charm. Kanoun is a nice oriental tea room (which also offers a restaurant). If we come there, it is for its pastries with an authentic taste, fine, to taste with delicious teas. We can only recommend a visit to Kanoun, 100%!

Romain Gaia, a Frenchman with a passion for Japan, decided to continue his apprenticeship in the Land of the Rising Sun. Back in Paris, he launched Tomo to introduce Dorayaki, the iconic Japanese pastry. Takanori Murata, from a family of wagashi (traditional Japanese pastry) makers based in the Nagoya region, joined him in this adventure. Both of them wanted to offer a real artisanal product respecting the tradition of both Japanese wagashi and French pastry, and favoring as much as possible organic ingredients of French origin. Mission accomplished! Second address : 16 rue Grégoire de Tours (6e).

It is the oldest cheese factory in the Brie region. Since 1895, the farm's fresh cheeses are matured in the cellars for 5 weeks. A maturing of farmhouse Brie cheese according to the artisanal method. The milk does not undergo any transformation and keeps all its aromas. In the morning, the sale is done on the markets, the afternoon is dedicated to the visits of the maturing cellars. There is also a store on site. A precious address for the amateurs of the true brie of Meaux farm, brie of Melun farm, black brie, coulommiers, small hearts with old, triple-cream..

Although he announced in June 2019 the closure of his starred table in the 15th arrondissement, the media and friendly Cyril Lignac continues to operate his other restaurants in the 6th and 11th arrondissements and above all to develop his network of pastry and chocolate shops. Mercotte's sidekick in "Le meilleur pâtissier" on M6 leads his sweet adventure with Benoît Couvrand, who was once a pastry chef at Fauchon. In the summer of 2019, the duo had five elegant and sober pastries to their credit, including the one on rue de Sèvres. Among his creations, a delicious lemon tart with its white chocolate frame and Equinox (vanilla cream, caramel and speculoos biscuit).

A gourmet bridge between France and Algeria... Laouz offers a contemporary vision of Algerian pastry, mixing yesterday's and today's flavors. The result: high-end sweets with surprising flavors - poppy, grapefruit, praline, pistachio, yuzu... The first Parisian store was opened in 2016, on rue St-Honoré. The success of the brand has not been denied, and by the end of 2022 it had five boutiques, including this one. In addition to pastry creations, it also offers baking specialties(kesra, khoubz dar, matloo...), as well as a catering service (lunch formulas to take away or enjoy on site) and event catering. In short, a sure value!

To find this boutique and tasting room, you have to go down Rue Saint-Christophe and turn into the little street of the same name a little further on. As soon as you open the door, the magic of the place unfolds in the form of bewitching fragrances blending coffees, teas and infusions of all origins. In this artisanal structure created in 1978, you'll be expertly guided or tempted by various flavors or beneficial herbal teas, not forgetting the pastries... In just a few minutes, a simple visit to this Brûlerie can quickly turn into a long-term experience!

Carl Marletti made his classes at the Grand Hotel Intercontinental in Paris before launching himself in the adventure in 2007, from his shop does not dissolve. His recipe: high-end pastry at relatively affordable prices. His shop is chic with its gray grinding and the sober interior, like the one that works inside. A word on the incomparable flavors: The religious is at the rose, the saint-honored to the violet, the lemon tartette of Paris, the red fruit leaf, etc. We must immerse ourselves in his creations as desirable as any other… Carl Marletti is a real goldsmith.

What a team! Emmanuel Ryon, Meilleur Ouvrier de France Glacier 2000 and World Pastry Champion, teamed up with his friend Olivier Ménard, a pastry chef with Pierre Hermé and Harrods in London, to open this enchanting place. Some fifteen flavors of ice cream and as many sorbets, including daring combinations, are on offer, as well as more pastry-like treats (parfaits, nougatines, vacherins, Norwegian omelettes).

This shop open in July 2008 is exclusively devoted to macaroons and chocolates as its name suggests. It is a small candy box in dark and cool brown shades, decorated with colourful and bright tiles that recall packaging. The macaroons are designed in various flavours: vanilla, amber, pink, jasmine, cinnamon etc., and some innovations like macaroon with wasibi and grapefruit comfit or chocolate "pure origin". Chocolate is transformed in to sweets and chocolate bars. A ganache bitter chocolate and nougatine with cocoa beans coated with black chocolate fall among the Choc Chocolat specialties. The Bonbon chocolate macaroon (a praline macaroon, chocolate and paste of melting almond coated with black chocolate) is an innovation. You can also buy fruit jellies, jams, dry biscuits etc. It is at Drugstore Publicis, one of the most mythical places of Champs-Élysées that Pierre Hermé setup his last shop, Macaroons & Chocolates where he offers his collection of rare macaroons and chocolates. With the new Pierre Hermé e- shop, home deliveries of macaroons are available in less than 48 hours. Chocolate boxes between €20 and €60.

Is it because of the elegant grey color of the front or because of the name - Antoine - written in large letters above the window, in any case, this bakery-pastry shop immediately caught our eye and titillated our curiosity. The welcome is smiling, and the breads are of high quality, as are the pastries (seasonal fruit pies, chocolate cakes, lightnings...). For lunch, the house offers different options for a quick lunch at the office. A selection of gourmet products are also on sale: La Gosse lemonades, Bovetti spreads, Patrick Fonte nectars…

In this Japanese district of Paris, this Franco-Japanese bakery belongs to the owner of the restaurant Aki at 11 on the same street, hence its name. There are pastries, cakes and French breads, but the interest is to come and buy Japanese products. Among the cakes: matcha (green tea) and azuki (red bean) pies, matcha flash, etc. For lunch salads or bentos: breaded pork, chicken, takoyaki, yakisoba (fried noodles), etc. The sandwich made of Japanese sandwich bread, breaded pork (tonkatsu) and raw vegetables with a touch of mayonnaise is really delicious. A gourmet address that is out of the ordinary.

La Boucherie Moderne is a great address for meat lovers in Paris. With a wide variety of choices, they're sure to satisfy every palate, from small to large appetites. Thanks to their cutting-edge expertise, the butchers carefully select the finest cuts, including their matured meat specialties, which will delight connoisseurs and the curious in search of new flavors. Whether it's a characterful roast or a top-flight steak, Boucherie Moderne will satisfy your every desire with professionalism and passion.

The most important region of the department, Brie gave its name to a cheese renowned worldwide or rather to several cheeses: Les - from Meaux AOC, De AOC, Montereau, Nangis, De. The birth of soft cheeses was established more than a thousand years ago. Since 774, Charlemagne, the first, would have talked about Brie de Brie in eloquent terms: " I just discovered one of the most delicious dishes. " Introduced to the Court by Philippe Auguste and Robert the Pious, he was consecrated for the first time under Louis XV whose wife, Marie Leczinska, advised him to perform the famous bites to the queen, created in her honour by her father Stanislas Leszczynski, Duke of Lorraine. The a took place during the Vienna Congress - 1814-1815 - organized by Metternich's Prince after Napoleon's fall. At a dinner where every Minister of Foreign affairs was invited to bring his country to the cheese of his choice, Talleyrand, the "devil lame", representing France of Louis XVIII, made himself bring about brie. Excited by his taste, Metternich le "Prince of Cheeses and First of Desserts". A transformed declaration, probably by chauvinism, in "King of cheeses, cheese of kings". So there is no brie, but bries, tastes - depending on the cow's feed - of different forms and colours depending on the localities and know-how.

Brie AOC's brie, with a diameter of 35 cm and weights 2,8 kg, has a flowered crust with a red stripe, red stripe or red-stained. Its paste is cream coloured, homogeneous, soft and not caprine.

The brie of Melun AOC does not exceed 28 cm for a weight of 1,5 kg. Its white and fine crust is dotted with red or brown tasks and its homogeneous paste, slightly lumpy, soft and soft, shows yellow yellow tones.

The brie of Montereau, only 18 cm in diameter diameter 2,5 cm thick, weighs between 400 and 500 g. Its taste lies between the brie of Melun and the Coulommiers and its crust is reddish.

The Brie of Nangis, with a diameter of 22 cm, with a thickness of 3 cm and a weight of 1 kg, has a slightly stronger taste than that of brie de Brie. Its crust is white, dotted with red and brown plating and its yellow gold paste.

The brie of Coulommiers or small brie has a straw yellow paste and a sweet almond flavor and white crust, red tachetée. He is the little brother of brie and as some claim, he would even be the ancestor. Smaller but thicker, it has almost all the characteristics. The tradition is to serve it in the morning with a beaujolais or gamay.

Lovers of gelati - Italian-style ice cream - have a top-of-the-range spot in the marsh: with Pozzetto, welcome to this palace of natural ice creams; here, they are made to the highest standards, with fresh milk and top-quality seasonal fruit. The flavors, even the simplest ones, have a very special, absolutely incredible taste, with a special mention for the chantilly. And since the more points of sale, the better, the brand is now offering its wonders in another shop on rue Vieille-du-Temple.

The charming Alessandra Pierini is a lover of great products. It is not by chance that she created this Italian grocery store, which offers only the best of what her compatriots produce. There is no need to make an inventory, you will find everything you need to prepare a meal worthy of a restaurant in the Tuscan countryside. Right next door, this epicurean, who also publishes books on Italian cuisine and its products at the elegant Editions de l'Epure, has opened the Wine Cellar of the RAP grocery store.

Joachim Marques' store is a magical place. This artist provides baskets ready to be enjoyed as the fruit is washed, peeled and presented in an original way. At holiday time, why not impress your guests by offering carved fruit at the end of the meal. Our fruits and vegetables are in season and come from local producers to guarantee maximum freshness.

Over the years, the shop of Valérie and Olivier Margerie has become a real reference to the quality of its products. You will find all the ingredients to make your meal a success every day or for some beautiful family occasions. Do not hesitate to taste certain specialities that have earned the owners of the premises several rewards: garlic salami, country bowl, head cheese, but also white boudin and black boudin.

Inter Caves La Cave Ovilloise is a wine shop with a passion for discovering treasures from France and around the world. With more than 550 wines and champagnes, 80 Réserves à Vin®, 450 whiskies, rums and spirits, 150 craft beers and casks, and 100 delicatessen products, this store has something for every alcoholic beverage enthusiast. Wine consultants Christian and Danièle are also on hand to share their favorites and latest news with customers.

Heaven that they are beautiful and light these cakes angel who landed in our capital without making noise! It seems that the Japanese are crazy… They call them the cakes cloth… These small treats are taken away or they have the particularity of taking care of our line. It's just a mixture of egg whites and rice flour, flavored with caramel, raspberry, exotic fruits, matcha tea, lemon, yuzu, etc. They are sold at the unit or by eight, well presented in origami boxes and a 5 roll-cakes box allows to taste different fragrances. Behind all this, Youlin Ly, the boss of the Sola restaurant, and Aya Tamura, a custard of Alain Ducasse and Thierry Marx, is the fairy fairy. 

Feasts is Didier Chapuis, a chef in Chemilly-sur-Yonne - between Auxerre and Joigny - from a high quality catering manufacturing unit to which he gives a special shine. A menu can be arranged with cold and hot starters, dishes and gastronomic specialities that vary over the seasons, but also fresh salads, fatty and goose-like livers, terrine of vegetables, fish and meat, frozen pastries and desserts, and a large part of the map is made on the premises in Parisian shops by cooks and pastry pastry. You will also find a wide range of alcohols, regional wines, champagne, fine shopping, sweets, sweet gifts, all of which are very high quality… But don't stop there. This caterer organizes all meals from the small to the large reception. For the most pressed it will be repas, for others menus for 4 people minimum.

Created in 1957 and now owned by the Accor group, Lenôtre currently has a dozen boutiques in Paris and the Paris region (Vincennes, Neuilly and Parly 2). At the same time, the company has developed internationally through a network of franchises. It must be said that Lenôtre is a safe bet, a name synonymous with quality and French gastronomic know-how. Pastries, chocolates and other refined dishes... You will find here a dessert or a gourmet gift, such as sweets, if you are invited, or everything to concoct an intimate dinner. If you want to organise a weekend brunch, no problem either: Lenôtre has designed a special offer for this purpose.

"Biscuitier-Sucrecuitier". This is what the front of this store, which looks like a biscuit factory of yesteryear, shows. Here, the lollipops are packed one by one, the cakes are presented in pretty metal boxes, decorated and patinated in the traditional way. All delicacies are handcrafted in the South of France, in the Hérault, and call upon childhood memories. The aromas of the caramels make the mouth water: muscatel grapes, nuts, chocolate, nougat, rose... All available in assortments already ready to offer. All the biscuits and cakes are reissues of delicious traditional recipes: calissons, shuttles, almond crunchy or biscuits filled with fruit pulp, which are the house specialities.

Tang Frères is synonymous with Asian supermarkets. It's the benchmark in its field. A little history: this supermarket on avenue d'Ivry, founded in 1976 by two Chinese brothers from Laos, was the first, the best-known, the biggest and the best-stocked. Since then, the Tang family has opened others, in the ^13th arrondissement (avenue de Choisy) and beyond (in Noisiel, Vitry-sur-Seine, Pantin...). "What you don't find at Tang Frères, you're unlikely to find anywhere else: that's because it doesn't exist!

Few people know it, but in Andrésy the best jams are made. For 50 years, this family company has been manufacturing jellies, jams, with organic or sugar shades variations. Fruits are selected throughout France and are cooked in copper cauldrons in small quantities. In short, as in the case of our grandparents. If you can't buy its products directly at the factory, you can find them in the shops of the city centre, (early and bakery) steps away from the church and in many shops in the region. Taste the two almonds jam, bitter orange, cherry cherries, fig, clementine, clementine of Corsica or even more novel, pineapple, vanilla pear, green tomato, Earl Grey tea jelly or coffee jelly… To be tasted as a matter of urgency.

Just opposite his restaurant Le Chardenoux, Cyril Lignac, the media leader, opened his pastry, which was the result of a meeting with the talented pastry chef Benoit Couvrand. In a very contemporary setting, some traditional pastries are revisited and adapted to the tastes of the moment thanks to subtle associations. Chocolate, caramel butter, but also seasonal fruit are the bases of beautiful gourmet flavours: The strawberry pie adopts the pistachios in Sicily, the Éclair flash blends with nuts, the Lemon Pie or the Paris-Brest have a very innovative look. Pâtisserie offers a choice of breads, pastries, salads and sandwiches all year round. A second address was created in September 2013 in the 16 th arrondissement. Whether it be here or in the 11 ^th, prices go a bit: € 5 for a pastry, € 2,30 for a chocolate loaf and € 1,20 for the Tradition wand.

Fabrice Le Bourdat attracts customers a bit like a magnet. They come from the Aligre market to buy their hot baguette(s) and/or pastries. It is true that the gentleman has a beautiful past: Nantais trained at Debotté's, he worked at the Palais in Biarritz, at Martinez in Cannes, at Plaza and Bristol in Paris. Just that... All his cakes make us melt with pleasure. Special mention for the madeleines, the Goût de paradis (mango-passion, coconut mousse) and the Tatin tart, made of a caramelized apple placed on a Breton pallet... The simple tarts do not deserve it. This bakery and pastry shop along Trousseau Square is also a tea room.

A very old charcuterie to which Isabelle and Franck Leurond gave a new youth. Passionate about products that are very well done, they favour crafts. All or almost all is home-made, such as black or white icing, andouillette, campagne. Garlic salami and head cheese were even gold medallists in 2007 and black boudin, a bronze medalist in 2008. Smoked products have a good place and are carried out according to traditional methods. A caterer's and sweet or salty pastries complement the choice of this beautiful boutique.

In the Lejeune family, fish have been around for three generations. Damien, Best Worker in France, is in charge of this fish market. With the help of his team, he selects the fish in the morning at Rungis. You will find here a beautiful display of fish, shellfish, shellfish, ready-made meals as well as fishmongers with small onions with the customers. Do not hesitate to ask them for advice, for example for cooking. At the end of the year, the oyster bank is fabulous.

Domus has become the commercial centre for interior decoration. This is the first multi-sign French centre dedicated to home equipment. Do you want to change the mood of your living room or simply change the sofa, curtains, parasol or the future room of the baby? Everyone should find their own account here. Among the hundreds of shops installed on three levels, you will find Aim, Saturn (France's largest electronic store), family counter, Villeroy and Boch, Vogica, Furniture de France, Pumpkin, Paragraph… In the large hall, visitors can enjoy regular exhibitions. To try absolutely at Domus: coachings studios or cooking courses for free. Think about booking on the website.

The Château du Château is an antique boutique, all brick and wood, specialising in wines and spirits. Here you will find the best advice from the owner, who carefully selects his bottles from the wine growers. On the big shelves there are also champagnes and spirits. Among hundreds of wine references, you will definitely leave with the beverage that best suits your tastes and budget.

Maison Chapon is expanding its stores in Paris and the Paris region (Chelles, Meaux, Le Perreux). It manufactures and roasts its own cocoa. Whether you're a chocolate lover or not, a visit to this establishment is bound to give you a bit of a shock when you see so many superb stalls filled with cakes, bars, cases, gift boxes and creations of all kinds! There's even a chocolate mousse bar with amazing flavors from Madagascar, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Ghana.

Carrefour de Claye-Souilly is a supermarket located in the town of Claye-Souilly. It offers a wide range of food and non-food products. It also offers services such as drive-through, home delivery, parcel collection, after-sales service, catering, photo printing, bicycle repair and much more. The Claye-Souilly Carrefour also offers regular promotions and loyalty benefits for its customers. The store has a parking lot for easy customer access.

The Sweet Garden? Certainly one of the best pastries in the region, if it is not from Ile-de-France… but also a beautiful story that Arnaud and Mélanie, as a couple behind the furnaces and in life, who opened this pastry in 2012, at 23 years after having money a CAP pastry and a commercial license. Their greatest success? The or. In 2013, they won the third place at the French Championship de Macaroons, which they deserve to provide the evening of the Cannes Festival the following year. 2014 is also the year when the Sweet Garden becomes France's champion of macaroons, with the yuzu or, because Japanese gastronomy influences those pastry makers who like to give a Japanese touch to their products, yuzu or matcha. Let lovers of French classics reassure themselves: lemon pie or abundance are also a success story. An address that is worth a visit. Without hesitation!

Jacques Genin's setting is very uncluttered: white walls blend with brick columns. Here, we dare to mix and match, with a single credo: the extreme quality of our cocoa. One of the house's specialties is the millefeuille, prepared à la minute in the laboratory overlooking the boutique. Available in chocolate, praline or caramel, not forgetting the lemon tart or the assortment of six chocolates that are sure to tempt all gourmets.