Beautiful shop and the chocolates are delicious. The nougat filled bonbon was one of my favorites.read more

From the owner: Venez découvrir nos chocolats, macarons, ... Nos recettes…read morese transmettent depuis 2 générations, alors n'hésitez pas à franchir le pas. Un accueil chaleureux vous y attendent. A bientôt

Delicious macarons. I'm told that there are three major macaron boutiques in Rennes, and this is…read moreone of them. These are inexpensive compared to macarons from Maison Ladurée in the UES in NYC, but then again, everything is inexpensive compared to that. These were more reasonable even than the Maison Ladurée in Paris, at 4.95 euros for 100g of macarons. This comes out to around 8 macarons, at around 61 cents to a macaron. Less than a euro for a macaron! I could die. I was a bit stunned at how many macarons I could try. I forgot which ones I picked, except for my standbys, the vanilla macaron and the pistachio. I am not yet good at judging macarons, but the pistachio macaron was much more flavorful than the ones I had at Maison Ladurée a few days prior. They also have huge meringues for just over a euro a piece. They had wonderful chocolate sculptures (including one that resembled a painter's palette with a different colored macaron in each paint slot), and many different kinds of chocolate. I am told that the pastries here aren't as good, so I will stick to trying the chocolates and macarons. I'm sure I could spend a decent amount of money in this shop.

Lots of choice - it's a chain but that doesn't mean they don't have tasty options and that they…read moredon't have friendly service, because they do.

Wonderful shop to get chocolates, candies, cookies, and pastries in Guérande. Since I had already…read morebeen in France for over a week by the time I made it to Maison Georges Larnicol, I had to be careful about my sugar intake. Don't get the wrong idea though. It's not like I didn't get anything, I just took it easy. And got myself a couple Kouignettes. A Kouignette is a baby Kouign-amann (to teach you how to participate in the fun of saying this wonderfully buttery pastry's name, follow me: cooñ-amon--with that ñ sound from Spanish or 'gn' sound from Italian or French, as it were--when said quickly, it's cooñamon). Prior to this visit, I had my first actual Kouign-amann in Rochefort-en-Terre (which is an awesome place to visit around Christmas!) and it was the natural (or plain) one. Maison Georges Larnicol has an interesting variety, with many of them catching my attention. I picked Rum Raisin and Pistachio, in an effort to not overdo it. Service was very nice, though I had AT to do all of the talking with the woman at the register when we decided to call it a day and go pay for the Kouignettes that I picked and bagged myself. I snapped a few photos with nary an evil eye, which would never happen in Paris. I didn't eat my Kouignettes right away, and actually, I only at the Rum Raisin, which was delectable. I saved the Pistachio one for several days and gave it to my sister as a possibly stale souvenir from Guérande. She ate it the next day, which at this point meant the Kouignette was going on 4-5 days old... And she absolutely loved it and asked me if I knew where she could purchase one. Unfortunately, I have not seen anything resembling Kouign-amanns at any of the French bakeries that I have visited in the metro Atlanta area so I had to break the bad news to her. The flip side of all this is AT's mom hooked me up with two cookbooks of recipes for traditional dishes from the Brittany region. And guess what recipe shows up there?

I frequent this place very often for their free samples, and I finally felt bad about taking so…read moremany free samples that I decided to buy something else. I stopped by 30 minutes before they closed at 7pm on a Wednesday evening, and got their last Mont Blanc (€4,50) to go. WOW. I am so so so happy that I decided on this one instead of another cake that I was looking at. Mont Blanc's are my favorite cake, and this one now ranks 2nd in my list of favorite Mont Blanc's. Let me tell you why: 1. The size is absolutely adorable. I've had other one's (Angelina in Paris, Mr. & Mrs. Renou in Geneva) where there was just TOO much cream (yes, there's such thing as too much cream) that it became overpowering and way too sweet to eat. 2. THEY. USE. AN ALMOND PIE TART. AS. A. BASE. Can we talk about how creative and different that is!? I've had ones that are a sponge cake, macaron, meringue, and sable, but never a whole tart underneath! And this tart was absolutely amazing too - the pie crust wasn't sweet at all which helped balance the sweetness of the chestnut cream & almond paste filling. 3. No meringue, just whipped cream. Chestnuts instead of a chestnut cream inside. 4. Perfect amount of stiff, creamy, sweet chestnut cream on the outside. Everything about this dessert was amazing. It's been a whole 24 hours since I ate it, and it's still all I can think about.

From the owner: Pâtissier, chocolatier, traiteur sur rennes…read more Meilleur Ouvrier de France 1997 Daniel, meilleur ouvrier de France 1997 en pâtisserie possède aujourd'hui 3 adresses éponymes à Rennes. Sa particularité : le travail du beurre salé breton. Le "Coeur de Bretagne" (crémeux caramel salé, crème brûlée au chocolat, mousse au chocolat au lait, biscuit noisette, sans gluten) est un joli hommage à la Bretagne.