[Paris] La Pâtisserie Cyril Lignac

La Pâtisserie Cyril Lignac

Add: 2 rue de Chaillot, 75016 Paris
Tel: 01 47 20 64 51
Hours: 7am-8pm (open daily)
Website: www.lapatisseriecyrillignac.com
Price: [pastries] €3.50-6
Visited: Sep 2015

As I’m leaving Paris the pastry wonderland soon (direction Shanghai), I’ve been hopping around eating even more pastries than I already do…and for the first time during my three years in Paris, I tried pâtisseries from Cyril Lignac. The celebrity chef has two pastry boutiques in Paris, with production headed by chef Benoit Couvrand. Let’s see what they’ve got for us.

Equinoxe (€5.50), composed of light bourbon vanilla cream, salted butter caramel and crispy praline with speculoos. I’m not a fan of the grey look and the bourbon vanilla cream is quite a bit too heavy for me, but I can see this being a popular one for those who enjoy rich flavors and textures.

Tarte Citron (€5.50): nut-flavored shortbread with lemon cream, white chocolate decoration. This tart is beautifully designed,  with a surprise of lemon compote hidden inside the lemon cream. Like.

Baba au Rhum (€5.50): baba with bourbon vanilla whipped cream. More or less classic.

Raspberry Tart (€6): sweet tart shell, almond cream flavored with exotic syrup, vanilla cream, fresh raspberries and raspberry puree.

Then there are the viennoiseries, all quite nicely done.

Kouign-Amann (€1.90).

Brioch Gianduja Tonka (€1.60).

Pain aux raisins.

Happy to finally have tried La Pâtisserie Cyril Lignac. Not my favorite pastry shop in town, though if I were living in these neighborhoods I could see myself getting sweet things from here from time to time.