Everyone knows that Paris is one of the most beautiful, romantic, picturesque (and a dozen more enthusiastic epithets here will be quite appropriate) of cities in the world. But it's time to look at it from the other side, namely: from the point of view of your stomach. Meet the gastronomic gastronomy in Paris, as well as the most tasty secrets of the city - a cozy gourmet market, an original cheese shop or a fragrant bakery.
The secret market at Rue Mouffetard
On the Rue Mouffetard, in the fifth arrondissement of Paris, is one of the best capital markets in the open air. It seems that life here froze years ago: hustlers, farmers and city people swear, bargain, drink wine and taste cheese in the same old stone pavement that used to tink at the horseshoes of horses before.
This is not the most tourist place in Paris, as, for example, the market le Rungis, where there are more tourists than goods on the trays . On the contrary, this is the most that neither is an authentic corner of the city where stingy housewives are being bought and picky chefs from the nearest restaurants . In addition Moreover, it is here that you can enjoy "Rustic French", with all the adverbs and screams inherent in the villages and farms . There are always flocking peasants with their natural and delicious products, for example, incomparable chocolate, fresh vegetables and excellent cheese .
At Rue Mouffetard There are also many cafes and a cute wine bar Le Verre à Pied, where you should look in search of a glass of aperitif. In the evening, when the hawkers leave, and the shops close, the signs of restaurants and bars start to light up, where the youth flock to spend another pleasant evening.
The secret cheese shop Fromagerie Trotté
The tiny cheese shop Fromagerie Trotté is located in the old aristocratic district of Paris - Marais. Here no more than two buyers can sit side by side, and this is just one of the peculiarities of the quaint charm of this place. The owner of the store, Mr. Pascal Trotté, sells a very narrow, special selection of goat cheeses, whose aroma pleasantly shines in the nose, it is only to open the front door slightly. Taste a couple of varieties and you will understand that this master of the business is running in this tiny space
- Address: 97 Rue St Antoine, 75004 Paris
Secret bakery Gérard Mulot
Gérard Mulot - a luxurious bakery in a pretty district of Sen - The Germain. This place is difficult not to notice - just look for a white marquise over the showcase with a grandiose tower of almond cookies. But believe me, your nose will lead you first to Gérard Mulot - the aroma of fresh bread spreads around the bakery for a few tens of meters around. Inside - a paradise for lovers of sweets, to describe which does not make sense, this should be tried.
From Gérard Mulot very close to the Luxembourg Garden - a favorite place for walks of Parisian students and curious tourists. A sunny day, sweets from the bakery, a cozy blanket - and life begins to acquire new colors.
- Address: 76, Rue de Seine / 2, rue lobineau - 75006 Paris
- Phone: +33 (0) 143-26-85 -77
- Website: www.gerard-mulot.com
Secret Cafe La Cagnotte de Belleville
La Cagnotte de Belleville is an awfully sloppy but absolutely Parisian bar. The real thing is that there are hard workers running around for an espresso in the morning, mothers with strollers look in the afternoon and throughout the day it's easy to meet street musicians or artists drinking café-o-le (coffee with milk), aniseed liqueur pasty or colorful shandy (mix of simple beer with ginger or lemonade)
By the evening La Cagnotte is filled with people who smoke, sleep, drink and communicate to loud music - a little rock, jazz, The Stones and The Smiths. Above all the turmoil and noise, the roaring laughter of the owner of Charlie's Bar periodically rolls around.
- Address: 13 Rue Jean-Baptiste Dumay, 75020 Paris
- Hours: 7: 00-14: 00
Secret Café Cambronne
A typical Parisian Café Cambronne with unobtrusive service, two or three waitresses and an eternally slamming kitchen door. Perhaps someone will say that this is a pretty dull place, and it will be right: here the dark green walls adjoin to the leather seats of Bordeaux color. And the long bar counter crosses almost the entire cafe hall, where the same old monsie sits day after day sipping their traditional glass of beer.
But the local cuisine is beyond praise: it's worth trying the Toulouse sausages, classic bistro salad with excellent dressing or snails, and also tasty giant steaks. In the summer, the café opens an open-air terrace, where it is so nice to sit in the evening watching the bustling life of the Cambronne square
- Address: 5 Place Cambronne, 75015 Paris
Secret Restaurant Benoit
For nearly a hundred years, the Benoit restaurant has been operating, unrivaled quality of service and stunning cuisine. And, as the old-timers say, the last quarter of a century here nothing changes: portions are still sound, sauces - spicy, and the traditional pate with bread as always stands on the table. The same goes for the interior, which, it seems, has not changed since the opening: an intricate mosaic on the floor, shiny brass railings, dishes with a monogram - everything perfectly tunes to a gastronomic way.
- Working hours: from noon to 14:00 and from 19:30 to 22:00; closed from 26 July to 24 August and from 23 February to 1 March
- Address: 20 Rue Saint-Martin - 75004 Paris
- Phone: +33 (0) 142-72-25-76
- Website : www.benoit-paris.com