Le Square Trousseau

Le Square Trousseau

On this street just opposite the Square Trousseau (park)

there are two places worth checking out:

this café on the corner and Blé Sucré, a boulangerie with the very

best madeleines and financiers.

Wish I was here today with friends, 

but I will be again very soon!

Le Square Trousseau

1, rue Antoine Vollon

75012, Paris

Métro Ledru Rollin

blé sucré - miam-miam

blé sucré

blé sucré is relatively new on the Paris bakery scene when one considers the legends of Ladurée and Pierre Hermé.  Founded by patissier Fabrice Le Bourdat, the list of temptations is long.  The quality is high and yet the prices are not.  So, what should you choose?

pain au chocolat, madeleine, and financier

Still hungry?

 éclair, croissant, chaussons aux pommes

More?

How about an assortment of macarons

 

 

blé sucré

7, rue Antoine Vollon

Métro Ledru Rollin

75012 Paris

 

Square Armand-Trousseau

Square Armand-Trousseau

This beautiful wooded park sits quietly off Rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine.  On Sundays it is lively (as are all the parks of Paris) with children and families.  One can bring a picnic from the near-by Marché d'Aligre or the pâtisserie/boulangerie just outside the gates at Blé Sucré.  

This lovely park has a dark past with a cemetery in Medieval times for orphans;

in 1674 it was the site of a hospital; and later became an orphanage.

Square Armand-Trousseau

1, rue Antoine Vollon

75012, Paris

Square Trousseau - un kiosque à musique

Bandstand

Square Armand-Trousseau

This square is just a little park off the side of Rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine, but in many visits, we have seen Tai Chi excercises, an old men's club, ferocious snowball fights, very fast bikes and scooters (trottinettes), mamas and nanas, children of all ages, boules, and ping-pong games.

When you go, do not miss Le Square Trousseau, a café on the corner, 

and Blé Sucré, pâtisserie (Madeleine, financier, pain au chocolat, and more!)

Square Armand-Trousseau

Rues Antoine Vollon et Rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine

Métro Ledru Rollin

75012 Paris

Pâtisserie Hunt - blé sucré

blé sucré is relatively new on the Paris bakery scene when one considers the legends of Ladurée and Pierre Hermé.  Founded by patissier Fabrice Le Bourdat, the list of temptations is long.  The quality is high and yet the prices are not.  So, what should you choose?

pan au chocolat, madeleine, and financier

Still hungry?

chocolate éclair, croissant, chaussons aux pommes

More?

How about an assortment of macarons

Miam-miam!

blé sucré

7, rue Antoine Vollon

Métro Ledru Rollin

75012 Paris