No cool, rainy day in Paris is complete avec enfants (or without children for that matter) until you pop into un cafe pour un chocolat chaud – hot chocolate.
My choice is always the same – the stunningly beautiful Galerie Vivienne, and A Priori The.
The cafe sits underneath a turn of the century passage, with carved wooden doorways and columns, glass ceiling covered walkways, mosaic tiled floors, and simply oozes with Belle Epoque handpainted gilded charm.
The tea salon is a collection of bright oversize canvas umbrellas and linen clothed cafe tables, spilling into the passage from the tiny, cozy tea room.
The A Priori Chocolat, or chocolat chaud – hot chocolate – is always served as shown. Un pichet of chocolat and a small bowl for drinking.
In Paris and most of Europe, the hot chocolat is so thick and rich it resembles a melted chocolate bar, not our milky version in the states.
I personally am addicted to their The Jardin Vert – flowered with rose, chamomile, lavande, lovely notes of summer.
