Angélina

Frommer's Review

In the high-rent area near the InterContinental, this salon de thé (tea salon) combines fashion-industry glitter and bourgeois respectability. The carpets are plush, the ceilings high, and the accessories have the right amount of patina. This place has no equal when it comes to viewing the lionesses of haute couture over tea and sandwiches. The waitresses bear silver trays with pastries, drinks, and tea or coffee to marble-topped tables. Lunch usually offers a salad and a plat du jour (dish of the day) such as salade gourmande (gourmet salad) with foie gras and smoked breast of duck on a bed of fresh salad greens. An enduring specialty here is hot chocolate. Another specialty, designed to go well with tea, is the Mont Blanc, a combination of chestnut cream and meringue.

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