Paris - Brest, Cake Shop Tour

gastrovelo
gastrovelo Posts: 15
edited May 2014 in The cake stop
I can't imagine where the name came from for a cake, but after coming across a cake shop the other day in a near deserted local French village i was more than happy to tackle the delights of a glorious tasting cake.
loads of cream and choux pastry - yummy.

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,534
    Yes, why is it that in France, even in the smallest little place in the middle of nowehere, you can get good coffee, croissant and pastries? More often than not, the waitress is a slim pretty petite pouting thing in a short dress all smiles and elongated 'bonjours'.
    My local Spar shop sells: Irn Bru, fizzy pop, Irn bru, 'Batch bread' (mothers pride), Big bottles of Irn Bru, half a dehydrated onion, MSG saturated pastry thing with essence of beef farm gate post, Irn Bru, anaemic eggs, fags, DVD's and alcohol and Irn Bru.
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  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    pinarello001 wrote:
    My local Spar shop sells: Irn Bru, fizzy pop, Irn bru, 'Batch bread' (mothers pride), Big bottles of Irn Bru, half a dehydrated onion, MSG saturated pastry thing with essence of beef farm gate post, Irn Bru, anaemic eggs, fags, DVD's and alcohol and Irn Bru.

    It's not a proper Spar shop unless there's an unhealthy amount of porn in the magazine rack :wink:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • marcusjb
    marcusjb Posts: 2,412
    I managed to avoid eating a Paris Brest on PBP last time - much regret as I have eaten one since and they are quite something! Next year, I plan to eat nothing other than patisserie products for the entire 1200km.
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  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    gastrovelo wrote:
    I can't imagine where the name came from for a cake, but after coming across a cake shop the other day in a near deserted local French village i was more than happy to tackle the delights of a glorious tasting cake.
    loads of cream and choux pastry - yummy.

    Paris_Brest-59bdbb80a386b7c43764c43ae27728d4.jpg

    Is that cake really big or just close to the camera?
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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,442
    cakes, this is another reason we need the eu!

    uk cakes have been in a downward spiral for decades, as has bread, proper bakers all but wiped out by the chain stores

    a long long time ago, on the way back from clubbing i'd nip into the bakers at 4am and get a fresh crusty loaf still hot from the oven, or freshly fried doughnuts, proper ones filled with sharp raspberry jam and dredged in sugar, not some loathsome transatlantic abomination excreted from a factory

    perhaps i shall form ukcp, uk cake party, advocating stronger ties with europe, a pâtisserie and boulangerie in every town in the land, with cakes and good crusty bread for all
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  • nathancom
    nathancom Posts: 1,567
    Nothing beats Churros for breakfast though, would they would need to be included somehow.
  • florerider
    florerider Posts: 1,112
    nathancom wrote:
    Nothing beats Churros for breakfast though, would they would need to be included somehow.

    Scotsman goes for deep fried bits of dough coated with sugar:D
  • jordan_217
    jordan_217 Posts: 2,580
    pinarello001 wrote:
    Yes, why is it that in France, even in the smallest little place in the middle of nowehere, you can get good coffee, croissant and pastries? More often than not, the waitress is a slim pretty petite pouting thing in a short dress all smiles and elongated 'bonjours'.
    My local Spar shop sells: Irn Bru, fizzy pop, Irn bru, 'Batch bread' (mothers pride), Big bottles of Irn Bru, half a dehydrated onion, MSG saturated pastry thing with essence of beef farm gate post, Irn Bru, anaemic eggs, fags, DVD's and alcohol and Irn Bru.

    No Buckfast? What a 5hi7 Spar! :D
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  • nathancom
    nathancom Posts: 1,567
    florerider wrote:
    nathancom wrote:
    Nothing beats Churros for breakfast though, would they would need to be included somehow.

    Scotsman goes for deep fried bits of dough coated with sugar:D
    Originally English but have been here almost my entire adult life - guess I am just trying to fit in :D
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    nathancom wrote:
    florerider wrote:
    nathancom wrote:
    Nothing beats Churros for breakfast though, would they would need to be included somehow.

    Scotsman goes for deep fried bits of dough coated with sugar:D
    Originally English but have been here almost my entire adult life - guess I am just trying to fit in :D

    Turncoat :P
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn

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