In most Paris (and probably French) restaurants you can now order a Café gourmand (greedy coffee) at the end of your meal. You then get a coffee plus 2 or 3 (and sometimes more!) bits of pastries, cream or pies to go with it. The idea being that more and more people are reluctant to have a real dessert, because it can be expensive, because it's fattening and because it can be long to get it... By offering a café gourmand, restaurants manage to sell a bit of dessert (with a profit margin that is probably more favorable than regular dessert!) and people don't feel "guilty" for their sweet tooth! A win-win deal in other words...
Oh that looks so good to me right now. I have that mid-afternoon craving for something sweet. Many restaurants in the US are now serving mini desserts in shot glasses. I think it's a great idea, because most other desserts can serve 3 or more.
ReplyDeleteTerrific! I hope this is a trend that catches on. I still go to too many US restaurants that sell massive desserts . . . much bigger than any rational person should try to eat.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Monica! I LOVE that idea!! (Especially when my sweet hubby made cookies tonight after dinner -- chocolate chip and white chocolate cherry!) They were really good!
ReplyDeleteThat looks so much more appealing than my 'healthy' hamburger!
ReplyDeleteOh, quelle bonne idée! And was this your very own café gourmand, Eric? No guilt here (comme tu dit), just the right amount of deliciousness!
ReplyDeletegreat picture of a great idea
ReplyDeleteYummy - I would feel guilty even with this one, LOL !
ReplyDeleteOh, what a delicious photo -- I'm already in the Valentines Day mode and this just fortified it. Did I say I have a sweet tooth to begin with -- embarrassing. :-x
ReplyDeleteMmmmmm, it looks delicious. And pretty!
ReplyDeleteLooks delish!
ReplyDeletethough the dessert in front are a mass-product (sort of chocolate marsh mellows), that comes in a box, worth probably 10cent a piece. Do they really call those desserts?
The café gourmand would be for my friend and me, after lunch we have to turn down the real dessert - not because of the price, but because it would be too much!
Love food and fashion pics.
ReplyDeletemerci beaucoup
Cyndi
It's a smart idea, a win-win as you say. A few bites rather than a huge dessert works better for me as well.
ReplyDeleteIn addition, when you are being stalked by those new French citizen expats in tourist locations, like the Place du Tertre, enjoying a small dessert makes them wait longer out on the street.
eric, thank you for this information! i didn't know gourmand means greedy. and is it mean of me to relish that the French finally have to watch their weight, too:)hehe
ReplyDeleteBrilliant!
ReplyDeletei love cafe gourmand, two of my favorite things coffee and chocolate on one tiny little plate!
ReplyDeleteThat looks really delicious!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I hope it comes to Australia!!
ReplyDeleteRemarkably captured in terms of Food photography! Details are just incredible with great sharpness effect. The idea is awesome. Great Shot!
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