Plekken in Paris

Bertrand Larcher's original Paris crêperie, Bordier butter, Breton cider, Tokyo-trained discipline.

The Melbourne brunch room that taught Montmartre flat whites.

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

12 rooms, exposed beams, quiet 4e side street, the Marais's small, well-priced character hotel.

1889 Abbesses brasserie, shellfish counter, Cantal charcuterie, no Montmartre theatre.

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

The original 1862 Ladurée tea room, the room that invented the Paris salon de thé.

Christian Constant's cast-iron-pot canteen on rue Saint-Dominique.

Mok and Omar's lunch counter and bakery, Lebanese-Japanese-American detail in a 25-seat room.

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

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