Showing posts with label Chocolat Chaud. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chocolat Chaud. Show all posts

Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Musée du Quai Branly

 


One of Paris' lesser known attractions, the Musee du Quai Branly is found on the edge of the Seine, tucked away in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. A large garden separates the unabashedly modern architecture from the river, so you have a bit of a journey through nature before even making it to the building.


Une des attractions moins connue à Paris, le Musée du Quai Branly se trouve au bord de la Seine, sous l'ombre de la Tour Eiffel. Un grand jardin sépare l'architecture très moderne de la rivière, donc on doit faire un petit voyage dans la nature avant même d'entrer dans le bâtiment.






Once inside, you wind your way through the continents: Africa, Australasia, Asia and more are marked out on the floor by different coloured sections. The museum is dimly lit, making you feel a bit like an intrepid explorer making their own discoveries. 

Une fois dans le bâtiment, on se retrouve tout d'un coup dans les différents "continents" : l'Afrique, l'Australie et l'Asie sont marqués sur le sol avec des couleurs différents. Le musée est un peu faiblement éclairé, et du coup on se sent un peu comme un explorateur intrépide qui fait ses premières découvertes.







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The museum is a little expensive, and some wings don't seem to be finished - but I imagine in the summer it would be a lovely place to go and sit in the gardens and wile away the time. Plus, the hot chocolate in their cafe is second only to Angelina's - and  in a mug of twice the size, it comes in at a whole €3.00 cheaper. You can thank me later.


Les billets du musée sont un peu cher, et quelques ailes ne semblent pas d'être complètes - mais j'imagine que pendant l'été ce serait très agréable d'y aller, pour se détendre dans le jardin et passer le temps. En plus, le chocolat chaud dans leur café c'est le meilleur que j'ai goûté à Paris, après seulement celui chez Angelina - et dans une tasse de deux fois plus grande, il coûte €3,00 moins cher. Vous pouvez me remercier plus tard ;)

À Bientôt !
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Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Saturday Fun


We left off outside Angelina, where the short queue to get in only serves to build anticipation. There was a table waiting for 3 so we cheekily bypassed the waiting couples and were seated in the slightly quieter area at the back of the salon. The atmosphere is very luxurious with muted colours, thick creamy table cloths and soft pink lighting. Thinking about it makes me want to snuggle up and go to sleep!


Angelina is an experience - sickeningly decadent and very chocolatey. Like roller-coasters and scary movies, you start to wonder what you've let yourself in for, and yet immediately afterwards you'll be wanting to go again.
Despite having been once before and unable to finish either my hot chocolate 'à l'ancienne dit Africain ' or my cake, I of course nonetheless believed that ordering a chocolate pâtisserie alongside my drink was a good idea.  



The result was a serious chocolate overload as I chose the 'Choc Africain' chocolate mousse-y gâteau to go with the molten chocolate drink. Tom more sensibly plumped for a kind of vanilla choux pastry - the "Paris-New York", whilst Sarah got the Tarte au chocolat praline. Find the menu to see them here! The waitress kindly told us that all the chocolate was good for our health due to all the magnesium!

We wandered back through the Tuileries and headed to the Musee des Arts Decoratifs - which I'll have to write about another day.



Sadly, my university books have arrived which means I may have to begin reading them (!)


À Bientôt !
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