Chocolate Week at Mariage Frères

TheMariage Frères tea rooms have decided to celebrate Chocolate Week, for 2 weeks rather than one, just before the arrival of the Salon du Chocolat. This event, which is more English than French, has chocolate flowing like water, and we're not going to complain about this gourmet import.

A tea house that puts chocolate in the spotlight, you might think. And yet, the house has a sublime black tea with Colombian chocolate aromas. It also offers superb pastries that marry chocolate and infused teas to perfection.

Can you eat at Mariage Frères? But not only can you have lunch there, you can also enjoy a delicious meal. I hear this phrase a lot when I talk about Mariage Frères, and yet the house makes excellent dishes with food-tea pairings, enough to awaken your taste buds to original flavors.

For Chocolate Week, Mariage Frères is offering us an excellent pearly cod with chocolate and Los Andes tea-scented jus, accompanied by shiitake, roasted chorizo, citrus condiment and homemade purée with fresh herbs and tart berries. Naturally, this dish is accompanied by Los Andes tea, a Colombian black tea served iced with a cloud of milk if you like.

On the sweet side, you're spoilt for choice. No fewer than 7 pastries are on offer for the occasion. From the chocolate Millecake for Earl Grey lovers, to the Rio Summer with acai confit, to the decadent Paris-Tokyo which marries roasted banana, yuzu and peanuts, the hardest part is choosing (or not, we'll take them all).

Chocolate and tea pastries :

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CARRÉ D'OR - 24 CARATS® (GOLD SQUARE)
Wrapped in gold leaf, a dark chocolate dessert infused with Black Magic Tea®,
fleur de sel' caramel heart, redcurrant coulis

GOLD CAKE® - MARCO POLO®
chocolate-gianduja marble, roasted hazelnuts, Bourbon vanilla and velvety tea syrup



SUBLIME® BLACK TEA - VOYAGE À ROME® GANACHE AND CREAMY TEA CREAM
criollo chocolate ganache and cream infused with tea

RIO SUMMER®
tea-infused mint ganache, açaí confit and cocoa shortbread

OPERA-MATCHA™
intense tea ganache, almond cookie and Matcha Green Tea sponge cake from Japan

PARIS-TOKYO®
light chocolate mousse, roasted banana tatin with Japanese yuzu, roasted peanut cookie

MILLECAKE® WITH TWO EARL GREYS
intense Earl Grey d'Or® tea ganache, Genoese cookie with velvety Earl Grey French Blue® tea syrup

So, do we really have to choose?

Please note that it's been over 4 years since our last visit, so the place and experience may have changed.