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Classical French pâtisserie under the Pyramides arcades — tea room facing the Tuileries

Yann Couvreur's first patisserie since May 2016 — the original room with the fox-mark logo

The Île Saint-Louis institution Gault Millau crowned in 1961 — still family-run, still the standard.

Myriam Sabet's Levantine pâtisserie — kadaïf 1001-feuilles that Istanbul visitors instinctively recognise.

The Picasso of pastry, in his original Saint-Germain showcase.

A turn-of-the-century café preserved without irony — zinc bar, red banquettes, all-day terrace.

The Australian-style breakfast counter that taught Paris to queue for pancakes — and serve them well.

Japanese-French pâtisserie since 2001 — matcha, yuzu and black sesame on classical French structures

Japanese-precision French classical pâtisserie on avenue de Breteuil — Saint-Honoré as the benchmark

Cyril Lignac and Benoît Couvrand's original 11e patisserie — the Equinoxe was born here

Belle Époque salon de thé since 1903 — Mont-Blanc and chocolat l'Africain under the rue de Rivoli arcades

Paris's oldest pâtisserie since 1730 — Louis XV's pastry chef's listed shop on rue Montorgueil

Mickaël Benichou's 2013 patisserie-boulangerie — painted-ceiling 19th-century shop, marble counter heaped with bread

The Melbourne brunch room that taught Montmartre flat whites.

1927 Trocadéro tea-room — marble tables, white aprons, view across to the Tower.

Marais épicerie-fine + restaurant — Delphine Plisson's Dean & DeLuca answer for Paris.

Canal Saint-Martin's natural-wine institution — 400 references, plates from the kitchen behind the bottles.

Gaston Lenôtre's flagship since 1957 — the Plaine Monceau room that taught a generation of French pastry chefs

Robert Linxe's original chocolate boutique since 1977 — the room that defined Paris bean-to-praline

Meilleur Ouvrier de France 2000 chocolatier — the Madeleine flagship with the life-size chocolate sculptures