Often I take my lunch to the park next to Les Halles, an underground shopping mall. It’s quite the center of lunchtime activity and I am often joined by munching working-Parisians and famished tourists. There are cafes, lunch carts, shops, boutiques, and boulangeries. Today I brought a ripe pear, some cheese, and a salad and sat in the grass. I also stopped at Boulangerie Julien (boulangeriejulien.com) which has the best Croissant aux almandes. She woman behind the counter handed me my sac and I thought that I had accidently purchased a brick! The croissant was laden with extra almond butter, paste, and sliced almonds on top- not a light snack, but delicious all the same.
