07 Aug 2023
This is not a food tour. I just wanted to put that out there in case you thought this was. I thought it was and told my entire family not to eat because we would be stuffed. But again, this was not a food tour. It was a history tour with a few pastries and some cheese. I went with my family, including my husband and I, our 14-year-old son, and my husband's parents. It was pouring the entire tour. There were seven people on our tour. We went to three shops. The first shop was Pierre Hermé. There we got to choose one Macaron. We walked through this busy area in Marais and were told about the L'As du Fallafel or Mi-Va-Mi competing restaurants. I thought we'd get to try the falafel, but nope. There didn't seem to be much time to buy some ourselves as the tour quickly moved on.
Then, we went to Maison Georges LARNICOL and had one La Kouignette. It was delicious. I went inside and bought a box of chocolate. Then, we went to this local wine shop. Because it was pouring outside, we opted to go inside. There was a strange smell in the shop. We were brought bread, water, and a plate of four cheeses (2 soft and 2 hard). One of the cheeses was a Brie. A man came out and explained the two kinds of wine he served; one white, one red. The only drink they had for our 14-year-old son was iced tea. My son does not drink tea, so he drank water. Afterward, the tour was over, and we all left to grab lunch.