Paris · Rue de Turenne, the Marais
Jacques Genin
Caramels and the mille-feuille to order
Jacques Genin’s salon on the rue de Turenne is the Marais address for soft caramels, fruit pâtes and bonbons, with a tea room where the mille-feuille is assembled when you order it.
Genin came to chocolate late, supplying restaurants before opening his own salon in 2008: a high room with a marble counter, a kitchen on the floor above and a tea room where a hot chocolate and a mille-feuille built to order are the ritual. His caramels, soft with salted butter, mango or passion fruit, are the best in the city; the pâtes de fruits and the bonbons follow.
The shop refuses to be a brand: no boxes in department stores, one address in the Marais and one in the 7th, and a queue on Saturdays.
The signature
The soft caramels
What to buy
- A box of mixed caramels
- The pâtes de fruits
- A bonbon selection
- The hot chocolate in the tea room
Pairing
The caramels with a cup of black tea; the bonbons with a Cognac.
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