Shockingly Delicious: Legay Choc, Paris
Sunday, February 28, 2010 
So, CakeSpy and Company (myself, Mr. Spy, and friends Nicole and Ramon) just packed up and went to Paris for a week (It's OK to be jealous. I would be if the roles were reversed). We rented an apartment in the Marais, and upon meeting with the rental agent who gave us the keys and let us in, the first pressing question about the neighborhood was posed: "Quelle est la meilleur pâtisserie?"
Without skipping a beat, the response was "Legay Choc". Now, this kind of sounded like he was saying "the gay shock", but who am I to argue about a name when there is the promise of delicious pastry ahead?
And within five minutes, we were there. And Legay Choc, as it turned out, was tiny and adorable.
What did we get? So glad you asked.
A croissant, which was buttery, flaky, and tasted just how a croissant should;
a light and fluffy sweet demi baguette of briochelike dough studded with dark chocolate bits;
but the winner of the pastry round? Sans doute, the Roulé Cannelle (it translates to "cinnamon roll". I looked it up). It looks like a palmier, but it is really so much more. The pastry dough is coated in a sweet mixture of caramelized butter, sugar and cinnamon which gives it a tantalizing taste and crunch; it is harmoniously matched by a smattering of raisins which add little bursts of sweetness and soft texture to the mix.
And as a side note, the employee was extremely cute and nice--he somehow managed to not wince at my rusty gallic-speak, even when I accidentally pronounced "cannelle" as "canelé", which any French person can tell you is a different thing entirely.
Legay Choc gets a thumbs up, way haute.
Legay Choc, 17, Rue Des Archives, Paris 04; online at legaychoc.fr.
Reader Comments (10)
Le roulé looks very VERY tantalyzing...!
color me jealous.....and hungry!! ;)
May I point out that, in the face of so many pastries from which I could have chosen, I zeroed in on the winning pastry in this particular round.
Mr. Cakespy FTW!
Nice to see this, im going to be staying just around the corner from here in April. Did you see their famous "Magique Baguette"
It's funny that the wrapper looks almost like a Dunkin Donuts wrapper -- right color, even -- but the "artisan" label would definitely NOT be DD.
I'm going to be staying just around the corner from this in April too! Any other le Marais suggestions anyone? We'd love to know some good restaurants too!
the baguette with the chocolate chips is called a 'viennoise'
I went to school just around the corner from Legay Choc and it was everyone's favorite! Remember to try their pain au chocolate (croissant with a ribbon of chocolate in the middle) and the clfoutis framboise (sort of a sweet, crumbly pancake with raspberries). C'etait magnifique!
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