I know you're probably expecting the typical French bakery, full of croissants and pains au chocolat... Well I have showed you all this several times on PDP already, so for today's theme day I chose something that is currently growing in Paris: bagels. Not that they are about to take over our good old baguette, of course, but they're bringing a nice change to the bread and fast food scene. I found this nice little place at rue Cadet (number 7, a cool semi pedestrian street in the 9th. Like always, have a look at what the other CDP have posted for today's theme day
Sorryyyyyyy! Even tho I am phxcdg I have spent the greater part of 33 Years in NY. I tasted bagels from 3 shops in CDG , including this one so I brought my bagels in from NYC for my brunch here. Not to sound too snobby, but PHX and MIA aren't up to par, either. They say it is the water that makes the difference.
ReplyDeleteThis man's bagels cost double NY's! And today, in Picard, that Mecca of French Frozen food, I saw frozen bagelsl with salmon and cream cheese all layered and packaged together for your convenience!!
I am super excited! I booked my tickets and am on my way to Paris in August for 16 whole days! Can't wait to see the baguettes and perhaps the bagels. During the trip, I am meeting a friend for a couple days from Nice who needs a wheelchair - if anyone knows an accessible hotel in Paris I'd love to hear about it! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteOh no! Bagels don't sound very French at all! Give me croissants and pains au chocolat any day!
ReplyDeleteThis bagel shop is right around the corner from the Jeff Hotel, discovered by PHX. Go figure. I'm the Jeff is not accessible. But I know there is a website with information on that topic. I just don't know what it is.
ReplyDeleteFunny that PHX is dissing les bagels francais. Or is it francaise? Fahgeddaboudit!
I think a theme that is based around one of my favourite smells is a happy thing. x
ReplyDeleteEric, that's so Minimal Art -- Black on White.
ReplyDeleteOn a personal level, my "Ex" (husband) a Parisian who lives and works in San Francisco, grabs a bagel on his way to the office every morning. Bagels are low-calorie -- maybe that is why he is so skinny. LOL
I used to eat there when I worked in the neighborhood. Very overpriced but decent. The best I've found are actually outside Paris in Boulogne - Ben & Bagels. They will never be like NY bagels (it IS the water AND the fact that they're served fresh out of the oven) but they are decent substitutes.
ReplyDelete@PHX "Not to sound too snobby, but PHX and MIA aren't up to par, either. They say it is the water that makes the difference." LOL ! Yes I agree, but at least these shops make it easier for us to find bagels. The only alternative that I had before were the frozen bagels from Thanksgiving (the store in the 4th) and of course the ones from Picard (which are good, but they only have one kind (I only tried the plain ones not the stuffed ones).
ReplyDeleteLovely clean lines. I hope the bagels are as good as its design.
ReplyDeleteI wrote today about my love affair with Paris and the fact I'll likely never be able to visit -- serendipity that I happened upon your blog today. Now following. Great work!
ReplyDeleteI am not a big bagel fan, but a baguette or pain au chocolat? I would turn into a "gimme" girl! :) Bagels have their place, but in Paris I would have to stick with the real thing.
ReplyDeleteJoke of the day for you: We live on a bay of Lake Michigan and we have flocks of seagulls that come every summer to enliven our coast. We don't call them seagulls though, we call them "bagels". ;)
Gonna have to go with PHX on this one—for whatever reason, a good NY bagel just can't be duplicated elsewhere. But I definitely like the design of this shop, and the way you shot it straight on and simple.
ReplyDelete@Mpls loves Paris -- unfortunately I can't give you suggestions for hotels, but, I got lots of good up-to-date info on your type of question in the info/blog sections at the Frommer's and Fodor's websites. Aside from random posters there are some very dedicated folks on each site who routinely post helpful answers to specific requests like yours. Check through past threads on the issue, too. Best of luck.
ReplyDeleteMmmm mmmm I can almost smell bagels baking. They are not so common wher I live but we have a French bakery that is tres populaire.
ReplyDeleteThanks Carrie!
ReplyDeleteThat's great. Now we will eat a little different fast food.
ReplyDeleteI love bagels but if in Paris, I'd like the croissants, I've had enough of bagels anyway. Great photo here Eric.
ReplyDeleteBagels are a way of life here in NYC.
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