{"id":2047,"date":"2013-09-23T00:31:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T22:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/?p=2047"},"modified":"2013-09-23T00:38:56","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T22:38:56","slug":"patisserie-noailles-in-nimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/pastry-shops\/patisserie-noailles-in-nimes","title":{"rendered":"P\u00e2tisserie Noailles in N\u00eemes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I had the chance to visit N\u00eemes<\/strong>, a very nice city in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon<\/strong>, in the south of France<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

N\u00eemes is famous for its big Roman arena<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The Roman arena in N\u00eemes<\/p><\/div>\n

…but also for the Maison Carr\u00e9e<\/strong>, apparently the best-conserved Roman temple<\/strong> in the world (or so the audio tour said).<\/p>\n

\"La<\/a>

La maison carr\u00e9e<\/p><\/div>\n

And just a stone’s throw away from the temple, I found a nice pastry shop<\/strong> called Noailles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Patisserie<\/a>

Patisserie Noailles in Nimes<\/p><\/div>\n

Well, actually I was well-prepared and I had found good reviews for Noailles on the web, so a stop there became mandatory.<\/p>\n

When I visit pastry shops, I buy a few totally random products<\/strong> and check if they are good, well-presented<\/strong> and I particularly like when shop assistants know what they are talking about.<\/p>\n

\"Patisserie<\/a><\/p>\n

At Noailles, I bought a pain au chocolat<\/strong> for breakfast. Honestly, it was quite dry<\/strong> and, dare I say it, almost stale.<\/p>\n

Then I visited the city and before leaving for Montpellier, I stopped at Noailles again: unfortunately\u00a0I was travelling and far from home, so I couldn’t buy any cream-filled cake<\/strong> even though they looked really nice and not so expensive.<\/p>\n

\"Entremets\"<\/a>

Entremets<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Individual<\/a>

Individual cakes<\/p><\/div>\n

\"More<\/a>

More individual cakes<\/p><\/div>\n

I decided to throw myself on the chocolate shelves: there were different types of chocolate bars<\/strong> and it turns out that Mr Noailles is a chocolatier<\/strong>: this means he actually buys and grinds cocoa beans to make his own chocolate! Not everybody does that! I had to buy a few bars!<\/p>\n

\"I'm<\/a>

I’m not a fan of handwritten post-its<\/p><\/div>\n

The shop assistant<\/strong>, though, was of no help at all<\/strong>: when I asked “What’s the difference between all these types of chocolate?<\/em>” she replied with a vague “We have dark chocolate, milk chocolate, but then, to be able to understand the subtle differences between two types, you need to be really good like the chef<\/em>“. And that was it.<\/p>\n

Well, she might have been right, but you just can’t assume your clients are all incompetent!<\/strong> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Long story short: I bought three chocolate bars and they were OK<\/strong>. But the box didn’t have the weight of the bar on it so I could not get an idea whether 4,40\u20ac was a high price or not. Moreover… the day after, I realized I had bought bars whose “Best before” date had already passed!<\/strong> Ok, it’s chocolate and there is no health risk, but come oooonnn………<\/p>\n

So my brief stop in N\u00eemes allowed me to visit this p\u00e2tisserie but I was a bit disappointed in the end. It’s not “bad”, of course: it definitely looked like the best pastry shop downtown<\/strong>, but I was hoping for something more.<\/p>\n

Or maybe I just fell on the wrong products<\/strong>: if you go to N\u00eemes and visit Noailles, let me know what you think!<\/strong> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"Patisserie<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Patisserie<\/a><\/p>\n

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P\u00c2TISSERIE CHOCOLATERIE CONFISEUR NOAILLES L.<\/strong>
\n6, boulevard Alphonse Daudet
\n30000 N\u00ceMES
\nwww.patisserie-noailles.com<\/a><\/address>\n

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