{"id":4434,"date":"2014-11-08T15:36:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T14:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/?p=4434"},"modified":"2014-11-08T15:36:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-08T14:36:15","slug":"pastry-on-the-road-leclair-de-genie-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/pastry-shops\/pastry-on-the-road-leclair-de-genie-in-paris","title":{"rendered":"Pastry on the road: “L’\u00e9clair de genie” in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent trend in pastry<\/strong> is mono-product shops<\/strong>. Some sell only macarons, some only cream puffs, some only cupcakes or cookies.<\/p>\n

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Christophe Adam<\/strong> is the former executive pastry chef at Fauchon<\/strong>, a great French gourmet food shop, and now he decided to sell \u00e9clairs.<\/p>\n

\"Shop-Eclair<\/p>\n

\"Shop-Eclair<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00c9clairs are the long version of cream puffs<\/strong>, and the gourmet version created by Christophe Adam features hundreds of different flavour combinations<\/strong>, with eye-catching decorations and flashy glazes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Shop-Eclair<\/a><\/p>\n

The available flavours change very often<\/strong>, so you might try something new every time you go to L’\u00e9clair de genie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Some of the flavours<\/strong> I found when I went there were:<\/p>\n