Sugar rushed and calorie filled in Paris
Paris is a big city with a large amount of ground to cover. Making sure the body has enough energy to run off of is very important. The metal health and physical vitality should always be in tip top shape for the long walks and leisurely strolls. While preparing for the countless treaded kilometers, a few daily bites of 'refueling' should be taken into consideration.
The best time of day to begin collecting calories for the journey is at the start with breakfast. A log shaped brioche filled with chocolate is always good for replenishing the bodies lost momentum from sleep.
Sometime breakfast isn't enough, and a second helping becomes necessary. A sweet and sticky raisin roll (and some bread for later) help hold one over until the time for lunch.
The classic quick and delicious fix at the start of the day is always a pain au chocolate. France and the city of Paris do them with incredible expertise and become such a desired item, one day is not enough to satisfy.
Obtaining the crispy edged, multi-layered, lightness of a pastry all rapped over a pair of sweet chocolate bars, is so much more than mere consumption, it's brain food.
literature and fat calories is a sure bet for a healthy body, productive mind and content soul.
After the joy of butter from the Pain au Chocolat, tarts become the only reasonable choice for accurate upholding of ones physique. A rich lemon curd filled into a crisp butter crust is tongue twistingly tart and stomach soothingly silky.
The great layout of the city allows for a 'patisserie' or 'boulangerie' shop to always be within the area of where ever one may be walking. Its also wise to grab something to fight the first of the morning hunger (such as another culinary piece of perfection utilizing the genius creation of pate feuilletee and chocolate)...
...as well as for that pre-lunch period where just a small taste is all thats needed (more chocolate and brioche dough seems to be an appropriate pick-me-up.)
Morning of breakfast and second breakfast are quite important times for the progression of high sugar levels in the blood, but another unforgettable piece of the day for sweet fixes comes after lunch and before supper (which is before dinner), at a time that can only be considered a 'snack-attack'.
Citrus in tart form is more than delicious, it's essential. This was an orange flavored curd, which wasn't as sweet as some of the lemon tarts of pervious, but just as refreshing. Crunchy tart crust was firm but didn't break apart in a mess making fashion. Two little madelines were thrown in, mainly to assure the proper amount of butter was going to be incorporated into the bodily system. Too little could have meant disaster later down the road.
The afternoon treats tend to be a touch more refined than those found in the morning. A 'Paris Brest' is a pate a choux pasty in the shape of a bicycle wheel filled with egg yolk enhanced pasty cream and covered with almonds. Such a delectable delight, a tasty treat, such as this should be savored with a dark espresso and a seat. If eating a Paris Brest with company make sure all have their own individual piece, for sharing is a humorous idea that can turn friends into enemies very quickly.
Chocolate is usually best saved for the desserts to end the days but when the craving calls, its very rude not to answer. Rather than finding a sliced piece of icing covered cake, little individual rounds of baked batter named 'Quatre Quart au Chocolat' are available. A type of dense pound cake that doesn't need the lubrication of chilled milk for the level of dark chocolate and fresh butter catapult this treat into the relm of euphoria.
Finding an elaborate multi-component chocolate mousse tart was like obtaining precious treasure. Hard pasty curst with a soft cushion of chocolate cake covered by a thick layer of light mousse, all topped with a shiny coating of dark ganache. An epic undertaking of chocolate filled decadence.
Mille-feuille, the classic mid day sugar high looks just as great as it tastes. The 'thousand layers' as it indicates, might not realistically add up but the tremendously crunchy layers that shatter into hundreds of rich shards fall atop the layers of thick pasty cream, where utensils become a necessity.
When traveled distances really start to give the shakes and strength seems to be an unobtainable thought, the essential remedy can always be found in the form of a cute cookie. Macaroons: sweet and so delightful with a thin interior of butter-cream offsetting the initial crunch of exterior baked egg whites. Chocolate and pistachio being great flavors for macaroons are to be savored at a pace that allows for contemplation, because when eating wonders such as these the world suddenly seems to be such a complacent place.
It would be a sham to go hungry in between meal in Paris. Luckily every street corner and major intersection has numerous places where the body can be re-vamped and get a kick start. Paris, a city of love reinterpreted in the form of sweet treats that should be desired, found, and consumed with a smile, for that fast heart beat isn't from sugar, its love.
The best time of day to begin collecting calories for the journey is at the start with breakfast. A log shaped brioche filled with chocolate is always good for replenishing the bodies lost momentum from sleep.
Sometime breakfast isn't enough, and a second helping becomes necessary. A sweet and sticky raisin roll (and some bread for later) help hold one over until the time for lunch.
The classic quick and delicious fix at the start of the day is always a pain au chocolate. France and the city of Paris do them with incredible expertise and become such a desired item, one day is not enough to satisfy.
Obtaining the crispy edged, multi-layered, lightness of a pastry all rapped over a pair of sweet chocolate bars, is so much more than mere consumption, it's brain food.
literature and fat calories is a sure bet for a healthy body, productive mind and content soul.
After the joy of butter from the Pain au Chocolat, tarts become the only reasonable choice for accurate upholding of ones physique. A rich lemon curd filled into a crisp butter crust is tongue twistingly tart and stomach soothingly silky.
The great layout of the city allows for a 'patisserie' or 'boulangerie' shop to always be within the area of where ever one may be walking. Its also wise to grab something to fight the first of the morning hunger (such as another culinary piece of perfection utilizing the genius creation of pate feuilletee and chocolate)...
...as well as for that pre-lunch period where just a small taste is all thats needed (more chocolate and brioche dough seems to be an appropriate pick-me-up.)
Morning of breakfast and second breakfast are quite important times for the progression of high sugar levels in the blood, but another unforgettable piece of the day for sweet fixes comes after lunch and before supper (which is before dinner), at a time that can only be considered a 'snack-attack'.
Citrus in tart form is more than delicious, it's essential. This was an orange flavored curd, which wasn't as sweet as some of the lemon tarts of pervious, but just as refreshing. Crunchy tart crust was firm but didn't break apart in a mess making fashion. Two little madelines were thrown in, mainly to assure the proper amount of butter was going to be incorporated into the bodily system. Too little could have meant disaster later down the road.
The afternoon treats tend to be a touch more refined than those found in the morning. A 'Paris Brest' is a pate a choux pasty in the shape of a bicycle wheel filled with egg yolk enhanced pasty cream and covered with almonds. Such a delectable delight, a tasty treat, such as this should be savored with a dark espresso and a seat. If eating a Paris Brest with company make sure all have their own individual piece, for sharing is a humorous idea that can turn friends into enemies very quickly.
Chocolate is usually best saved for the desserts to end the days but when the craving calls, its very rude not to answer. Rather than finding a sliced piece of icing covered cake, little individual rounds of baked batter named 'Quatre Quart au Chocolat' are available. A type of dense pound cake that doesn't need the lubrication of chilled milk for the level of dark chocolate and fresh butter catapult this treat into the relm of euphoria.
Finding an elaborate multi-component chocolate mousse tart was like obtaining precious treasure. Hard pasty curst with a soft cushion of chocolate cake covered by a thick layer of light mousse, all topped with a shiny coating of dark ganache. An epic undertaking of chocolate filled decadence.
Mille-feuille, the classic mid day sugar high looks just as great as it tastes. The 'thousand layers' as it indicates, might not realistically add up but the tremendously crunchy layers that shatter into hundreds of rich shards fall atop the layers of thick pasty cream, where utensils become a necessity.
When traveled distances really start to give the shakes and strength seems to be an unobtainable thought, the essential remedy can always be found in the form of a cute cookie. Macaroons: sweet and so delightful with a thin interior of butter-cream offsetting the initial crunch of exterior baked egg whites. Chocolate and pistachio being great flavors for macaroons are to be savored at a pace that allows for contemplation, because when eating wonders such as these the world suddenly seems to be such a complacent place.
It would be a sham to go hungry in between meal in Paris. Luckily every street corner and major intersection has numerous places where the body can be re-vamped and get a kick start. Paris, a city of love reinterpreted in the form of sweet treats that should be desired, found, and consumed with a smile, for that fast heart beat isn't from sugar, its love.
posted by Bard at 9:02 AM
2 Comments:
Never buy a baguette and then stumble into a tourist area in Paris. The non-initiated will stare and point at you as you wander about holding your baguette with nothing but a little piece of paper. Of course, you may have already learned this annoying but useful lesson.
Oh, I see. Blog about all the scrumptious sweets and such. And you know I am diabetic.
You are the devil....
:)
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