Fauchon – Foodie Fantasia

For food. 

 Fauchon is the foodie equivalent of Neiman  Marcus or Henri Bendel. High end, artisinal products that cost a fortune and are a once in awhile indulgence. 

 The macaron counter is a mile long. 

 Where else can you get chocolate pound cake topped with edible gold for breakfast? For BREAKFAST, I tell you!

 Let’s not ignore the gourmet eclairs with fillings like foie gras and the Mona Lisa etched on the top.

 Would you like some pate? Choose from goose, duck, pork, chicken, and any combination thereof.

You could, of course, prefer pork, rabbit, pheasant or any other number of types of rillettes.

When in doubt, why don’t you just get this whole foie gras with a gigantic black truffle. Just like what you find in your local supermarket, right?

And cheese and crackers just won’t cut it for parties here. 

If you decide to try a few treats…

 

 Snail Pastry

Don’t ask me what the real name of this is, just look for the brown, coiled pastry. As it breaks into croissant-like shards in your hand, notice the crunchy, sugary glaze, the warm cinnamon and the buttery layers of dough on the inside. Like a cinnamon croissant on crispy steroids. 

 Sundried Tomato, Olive and Parmesan Baguette.

Thick, crunchy crust. Slightly sweeter insides than a regular baguette, which worked well with the juicy tomatoes, salty olives and tangy Parmesan cheese. So full flavored and densely packed with the top of the line add ins. These were incredibly sweet tomatoes and plump olives. Throw some lettuce on here and it’s a full on vegetarian sandwich. 

 Pastry that Begins with a K

Get this crown-shaped dessert with a Germanic sounding name. Crunchy sugar flaked of in sheets, surrounding soft, fluffy pastry dough that was similar to challah, but with the faint alcoholic tang of rum. Nothing like a little rum for breakfast.

 Or, if you prefer, an impossibly light and flaky croissant, or a citrus-scented madeleine stuffed with sweetened condensed milk. 

 You might also prefer a chocolate croissant, with thick strips of dark, slightly bitter chocolate running through the buttery bread. 

 Green Salad with Herbs, Pine Nuts and Mustard Vinaigrette. 

Where in America can you pick up a premade salad that looks like this? Fresh greens, fragrant dill, sweet chervil, pungent chives, crunchy pine nuts and a sweet-tangy mustard vinaigrette.

 What’s more, you can even pick it up for breakfast.

 Or you could try a baguette sandwich. This one, made with cured ham, lightly salty but not at all smokey, paired with nutty Gruyere cheese and a thin schmear of sweet butter. Butter on a ham sandwich is genius. It tempers the saltiness, saves the bread from betting soggy and ads…well, it adds butteriness.