If you come to Paris you might want to try Fauchon, a famous luxury grocery store (like Fortnum & Mason in London) on Place de la Madeleine. They have - among many other things - the best Croissants in Paris (and not that more expensive than anywhere else) and are also famous for their exotic fruit that you can find in Paris in any seasons. If you want to know more about their history, click here.
Good to know that place is still around :-)
ReplyDeleteThe vegetables look soo colorful!
ReplyDeleteHi Eric - tropical fruit in winter, the acceptable face of globalisation.
ReplyDeleteI should go there, i love croissants
ReplyDeleteI should go there, I love fruits.
ReplyDeleteI missed them...i was in Paris last December (2005) and went all around La Madeleine but i missed that place...Darn......
ReplyDeleteLooks fantastic and mouthwatering
ReplyDeleteFauchon is great. I always visit when I am in Paris, but I never buy anything.
ReplyDeleteThose are really some interesting looking fruit. Not sure I'd know how to eat them though. What on earth is a Malaysian Mangoustan???
ReplyDeleteEric,
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how you can make something so simple look beautiful. I'll have to go there next time I'm in Paris.
Everything looks so colourful and appetizing. Thanks for adding a bit of colour to my day :)
ReplyDeleteWe know the fruit at the back as Star Fruit in English. I recognise the one in the bottom right corner, because we have them here, but I can't remember what it is called. The rest are all new to me too. Amazing how many new things there are for each of us to discover.
ReplyDeletePamela, the ones in the bottom right are persimmons.
ReplyDeleteThe photo is great. It is an ode to bounty.
Love all the colour in this photo Eric. !
ReplyDeleteWhat, you have no bananas?
ReplyDeleteI love the little minature bananas some fruit stands have.
Thanks for your lovely pictures. I watch each day.
This is really chic! Something to be said about genetically modified star fruit, but I hope the croissants are all naturale!
ReplyDeleteSF Daily Photo are you sure you don't mean durian? They are prohibited in many Asian hotels and shops, and have a strong smell.
ReplyDeleteIt was funny seeing Fauchon in New Caledonia, a mini version of the real deal but always empty, just way too expensive for the locals and tourists.
mon dieu! 27€ le kilo. mais mangoustans ne sont pas de durians
ReplyDeleteEric,
ReplyDeleteYours is some of THE best photography I
have seen of Paris.
I have photographed in Paris since
2000 and my upcoming book,
"The French Landscape: Images of
a Special L1ght" should be published
in the Fall 2007.
(all b&W infrared)