Gastronomic experiences in Paris

You will always have many reasons to return to travel to Paris, especially in these times when the French capital has suffered terrorist convulsions.

It's been a long time since I visited ParisToo much, but now I have had the opportunity to return to enjoy its gastronomic side, another of the attractions that this charming city offers.

Did you know the French gastronomy is considered Intangible Heritage of Humanity awarded by the Unesco?

La gastronomy It is not the first reason among international tourists to visit paris, but that does not prevent 87 percent of them from considering Paris as a gastronomic city, according to surveys carried out by the city council itself.

These surveys show that 85 percent of tourists are satisfied with Parisian restaurants.

Therefore, the gastronomy It is a good argument to return to Paris or to complement, for example, your cultural visit.

Below I am going to suggest several gastronomic experiences that you can enjoy in Paris, which I experienced during my last trip to the French capital.

Gastronomic route through pastry shops

They are becoming more and more fashionable gastronomic routes, and there are many tourism companies that offer this type of experience focused on the gastronomic highlights that each destination offers.

In this regard, in Paris you can participate in a gastronomic route of pastry shops and chocolate shops like the one offered by the company Mon Beau Paris, with which you can make routes with various themes.

The aforementioned gastronomic route is a private tour made to measure, in a group of between two and six people, in various languages ​​including Spanish, which lasts three hours.

The route begins at Madeleine church in a nod to the gastronomic aspect of its name. And from there you will walk around the surroundings of the Place of Concord, Tuileries gardens and square of the pyramids.

During the walk you will visit four prestigious and luxurious pastry and chocolate shops in this area of ​​Paris near the Louvre Museum, Ladurée, Pierre Hermé, Jean-Paul Hevin y Sebastian Gaudard, where you will have the opportunity to taste from the famous macarons at cookies.

The prices of these routes through pastry shops range from 385 euros for two people to 630 euros for six people.

Visit of the central market of Paris

Did you know that the Paris central market Is it the largest fresh produce market in the world?

It is a good excuse to sign up for this curious and interesting visit that, of course, you will have to do at night.

Rungis, the name of the Parisian central market, is a small city that occupies 235 hectares and is home to more than 500 fresh food suppliers.

It is not a market aimed at the public, but rather it is the market where large stores, food stores and restaurants buy food every night.

The visit, which is carried out in different languages, also in Spanish, will begin at 4,30:XNUMX in the morning at your hotel, where you will be picked up.

During it you will visit various warehouses in the areas of fish, meat, poultry, offal, fruits and vegetables, cheeses and, finally, flowers.

The visit will take you about three hours and will end with a well-deserved and splendid breakfast.

El price of the visit to the central market of Paris is 80 euros

Showcooking at Le Cordon Bleu

Another experience that you can have on your trip to Paris is to participate in one of the numerous gastronomic workshops organized by companies and institutions.

During my trip I attended a showcooking carried out in Le Cordon Bleu, hospitality school with a long history in Paris after its founding in 1895 and which also has a presence at the private university Francis of Vitoria in Madrid.

During the showcooking which the chef attended Williams Caussimon He prepared a couple of dishes that in the end we had the opportunity to taste accompanied by the wine presented and served by Frank Ramage.

But there are very diverse workshops that you can sign up for, with different durations and carried out in English or French.

Dine at a Michelin star restaurant

For your trip to Paris, more than one awaits you. 5.700 traditional restaurants, the most important category that brings together the most outstanding hospitality establishments in the French capital.

Among these restaurants you find the most diverse gastronomic specialties, both French and international cuisine, as well as the latest trends. And of course you also have the traditional and cozy ones bistro y brasseries.

But did you know that in Paris there is even 84 restaurants that have between one and three Michelin stars?

Therefore you have many options to choose from to try any of the Michelin restaurants in Paris, as was the case on my trip when dining at The fables of the fountain, specialized in fish.

Of the importance of gastronomy in Paris Worth mentioning is the recent institutional event organized by the city council of the capital in which the mayor Anne Hidalgo awarded the chefs of the aforementioned starred restaurants Michelín, just as he did at the time with the great Parisian fashion designers.

As a curiosity, it should be noted that among these award-winning chefs was a Spanish chef, José Manuel Miguel of the il Vino Enrico Bernardo restaurant.