Where Paris - 01 December 2017

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French Crepes

There’s almost no better light lunch in Paris than a freshly made

galette (made with buckwheat fl our) or crepe (white fl our),

and now a new generation of creperies are updating the city’s

off er of this pair of Breton classics with stylish new settings

and inventive garnishes. A perfect example is Bisou, a casually

chic new place in the Passage des Panoramas with a hip sea-

shack look of blonde wood and carefully sourced tabletop

accessories. This charming spot also stands out from the crowd

with the quality of the produce it uses, including gluten-free

stone-ground fl ours. Start off with the Popeye Power, a galette

fi lled with fava beans, avocado, homemade pickled red onions,

feta cheese, baby spinach, poached egg, and Salinu (Corsican

hazelnut salt) or maybe the Marius and Fanny (zucchini, garlic

and parsley, smoked ham, goat cheese, bacon bites, fi g chutney,

poached egg, olive oil), and then succumb to one of their

dessert crepes. Regulars love the Olala with ice-cream with

vanilla from Bora-Bora, chocolate chips, homemade salted-

butter caramel sauce and almonds, but the oddly named

Cookie n’Crime with cookies, artisanal dark chocolate and

homemade whipped cream, is a treat, too. – A.L.

Bisou

62-64 Passage des Panoramas (2nd), 09 62 50 35 28

96 WHERE PARiS i DECEMBER 2017