Kerry Beal

Finally decided it was time for some food food - and found a shawarma joint in the Jewish district with the longest line. Turtle on the wall - not quite sure how that fit the theme. Shawarama and fries for @Alleguede Falafel for me. Left stuffed.

Our travels continued - snapping pics here and there of pretty pastries. ur Wanted to taste these - brioche made with almond praline candies chopped up. The samples were all gone by the time I got to the spot they keep them, and a guy was licking his fingers. One of my favourite sights in France - the chickens on the rotisserie.

On One pastry from L'Eclair de Genie - mostly bought to measure it! It was only 13 cm long - but that means it can be filled with a Edhard filler (standard eclairs are too long for that). Sadly not terribly fresh (didn't stop us from eating it0!

This shop is run by a Pastry Magazine - it features the products of the pastry chefs featured in it's magazine. Mushrooms a little more dear on the street than in Metro. Just love the line up of tables looking outward.

I believe I have been there before - but have no desire for copper cookware. Perhaps some copper cannelle molds!

Next a shop mentioned on @David Lebovitz's blog - G Detou (a play on words meaning I have everything). Another place cram packed full of people - we will go back later in the week when it isn't Saturday and hope to find it a little more civilized. I now need to do a little research on these things I saw - to see if I need them when we return.

I think this is the only picture I took in Mora - a whole lot more people in there than the other store and in true Parisian fashion they think nothing of bumping you out of the way while you are trying to look at something.

Next we wander off in the direction of Mora - a shop with many fine cooking implements. It was closed. until after lunch at 2 so we went into a nearby shop while we waited.

We started rather late today - I slept in a bit more than I ever thought possible. Our first stop after exiting the subway station from hell - whereupon I had to go up a circular staircase that went on forever - followed by more steps up after we exited (that should have been the same number of steps down) - we arrived at Patisserie la Goutte d'Or. We enjoyed a vanilla entrement and a yuzu one.

Basically master of their craft. Oops - looks like Donna has answered it much more thoroughly than I!

Nope - cheaper to buy another suitcase and spread the booty out I'd say if a suitcase will be too heavy. We can have 2 suitcases each - overweight allowed up to a point. So he could reorganize into two larger, not check his carryon size bag for the return. One way or the other we'll leave the EZtempers here so I'll have one smaller empty bag as well. I'm sure it won't be empty after we visit the professional kitchen stores today.

Just a combination of charcuterie - there was salami, a couple of types of ham. Nothing terribly high end or exciting but played off nicely with the salt against the potatoes.

Pretty tired by the time we left the show - our plans to pick up a baguette and some foie foiled by the late hour. @Alleguede grew up in Paris and misses the Chinese food served here - he says it's far better than the Canadian version. I suspect it's the liberal use of peanut oil that makes it so much better. Random hole in the wall restaurant close to our digs. Shrimp chips - very tasty. Fried rolls served with mint and lettuce. Dumplings. Chow Mein Noodles. Chicken with ? Wine for me - Coke for @Alleguede A satisfactory late night dinner.

After we made it back home the the Airbnb - we headed out again to the venue for the show with the intent of starting to set up our booth. Of course we spent far longer there than anticipated - but got a chance to see a whole lot of high end chocolatiers hanging around their booths for opening night. Highly over represented by MOFs. I suspect that's the last we'll see of them for the show. Lots of posh cars with drivers in the parking area for the special guests - here for the opening night fashion show. Didn't get a picture yet - but there is a huge (and I mean huge) chocolate fox at the main entrance to the show. Made by the same fellow who makes the smaller chocolate foxes. Cheese - but really chocolate. Chocolate Salami. Flowers, but really chocolate. An adorable little ball roaster (named for it's shape - not what it roasts). Tools - also chocolate. You've heard of Piecaken - this is Macmatchacaken. Huge number of Japanese chocolatiers this year - this must be a favourite - he had a huge fan club. Chocolate World was kind enough to bring me two melters to use for the show so that we don't have to head back out to Cacao Barry to drop back off a melter that looked like it would weigh about 20 kg. We had a lovely chat with Ran from Chocolate World and took the opportunity to check out a new piece of bean to bar equipment they are starting to manufacture. It's two in one - has a very powerful melanger/conche and is also a large automatic tempering machine. It is a work in progress right now - they will likely change it from a drop in to a few pieces that are assembled right in the bowl of the temperer. Then after the 6 hour or so processing - you can remove the stones and scraper and turn the machine to temper the 20 kg or so of chocolate you have made. The first picture is of their unit that takes the nibs and turns them into a paste that you then process. I've got somebody in mind for this machine. Suspect it might be just the thing for their startup.

After lunch - another walkabout (just looked at the app on my phone - apparently I walked 21,441 steps today, 23 floors and 15 km - no bloody wonder my feet are sore) - this time heading to the cookbook store. Saw this on the way - Didn't get any pics in the bookstore - suffice it to say that @Alleguede left with the 7 kg in his back pack and another 7 kg or so on his arm.

It Huiray was still about - he'd be taking the opportunity to abuse @Alleguede for our choice of lunch. Weird to see a guy pull a great big handful of melted raclette cheese out of a pot and ease it onto the top of a burger. Ask for rare - you'll get rare in this country. Just barely warm.

After leaving Cacao Barry we took the train back into the city and began our walkabout. I was fortunate in that I didn't have 5 kg of chocolate and two kg of cacao butter in a backpack on my back. A quick run through the Gallerie Lafayette Food court - Then a little walk further in search of lunch - we ran across the Vorwerk store (they make thermomix) - odd to see a store as I thought they only sold through home parties like Tupperware. And of course - couldn't resist a picture of Marks and Sparks.

So, what seemed like far too early this am - we headed out by train to Cacao Barry - two things in mind - we were picking up chocolate and cocoa butter for the show and we were dropping off an EZtemper. We spent a little while chatting with the head pastry chef and showing her how the EZtemper works. We didn't have the opportunity to chat with the director as he was away. This is the lab where Cacao Barry helps various chefs develop their own private blend of chocolate. Challenging picture to take because it's behind a locked gate and trees!

Not terribly photogenic And no picture of me scraping up all the little crispie bits of cheese off the plate after it had sat under the warmer for a while.

Closest thing I can find to a decent sized tea mug in our airbnb - it will do just fine unless something else falls into my hands

I'm so excited for you Franci!

Indeed we will! They also had whole livers in the freezer compartment.

I bought 8 little exopat spatulas, a bottle of G'Vine gin and a bottle of Marie Blizzard apple. @Alleguede bought 8 Matfer blue steel sheet pans European size for making macarons and eclairs at the shop. It took visits to 3 different Metros and those suckers are going to weigh down his suitcase something awful!

Damn!

Yup - frog's legs