Laduree Obsessed

I promise this is my last post about Laduree! Laduree's Grandson Pierre Desfontaines (who came up with the idea to sandwich the two macaron shells together) opened the Laduree tea room in the 16th century (although not on this site). In those days women were not allowed in!!! Can you imagine all those fabulous cakes - wasted on the men!?

We tried to get in yesterday but the tea rooms (which serve breakfast, brunch, lunch and high tea)were fully booked and they are for weeks, sometime months in advance. The waitress yesterday said we could come in early and see if there had been any cancellations. So I was standing outside, on the street (on the Champs-Élysées) at 7:30am this morning!

What a treat, the food was amazing as was the atmosphere..... good lord I love this place. Such a fantastic ending to what has been an amazing few days in Paris. HUGE thanks to my lovely husband for indulging my Laduree obsession.... now to find some hunting/fishing shops on the way home :O)

Our window overlooked the Champs Elysees

This is what I had.... a basket of mini pastries (I ate all but 1!!!) fresh fruit, eggs, freshly squeezed orange juice and a coffee (still haven't found a decent one in Paris though) all for the bargain price of $50nz ;-o

I can not describe how good this bolied egg was.... seriously!
The rock salted soldiers were to-die-for. Even the butter came in delicate sticks wrapped in beautiful Laduree packaging.