Salted caramel, vanilla pecan, lemon yuzu, chocolate pistachio, and passionfruit and raspberry are just some of the seasonally changing éclair flavours at this exquisite Left Bank patisserie. It also has a number of Right Bank addresses, including one in Le Marais.
L'Éclair de Génie
St-Germain & Les Invalides
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