Festival des Pains par M et Mme Torres
Butter Croissant
Raspberry Beignet
Coffee Éclair
Baba Au Rhum
Frangipane Cake
Located at the opposite end of the street from The Confluence, and passed by more than once during my week in Lyon, it was on my last morning in town that I finally decided to stop by Festival des Pains, and finding the majority of the goods far less fanciful in appearance than several other local spots the results confirmed that looks are not always deceiving, the aloof service not doing much to enhance the experience despite me being the only patron present as the Saturday morning crowd strolled on.
Large enough to afford some seating, but not particularly welcoming enough to entice one to stay, it was with 12.90€ exchanged for five selections that I made my way from the shop, and sitting down on a nearby curb the tasting began with a croissant whose golden exterior gave way to doughy, dry insides – a similar lack of moisture faulting the frangipane tart from which only a few bites were taken before the rest of it went to the birds.
Moving onward to a Fresh beignet, the sugared doughnut still faintly warm with a thin ribbon of jam amidst buttery brioche that fared fr better than options before, it was next to a sugary baba that taste buds were treated, the minimal amount of booze unexpected but not entirely unpleasant – that label far more applicable to a coffee eclair already showing a substantial degree of sog to its choux.
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