In front of the window full of cakes studded with pistachios and almonds, the busy onlookers slow down, the children widen their eyes and the bravest ones are patient.
Like every year during the month of Ramadan, a queue of several meters stretches in front of the Bellevilloise boutique (11th century) of the Rose de Tunis, a name well known to lovers of oriental pastries.
It must be said that with its flagship offering, an assortment of sweets sold for 27 euros per kilo, the reputation of this fragrant kingdom of honey and sugar extends beyond the borders of Paris.
On this Sunday, March 17, Céline and her daughter traveled more than an hour from Limeil-Brévannes, in Val-de-Marne, to stock up on gazelle horns, baklavas and yoyos coated in syrup elderberry.
Next to her, a man commissioned by a friend from Auxerre to buy zlabias stamps in front of the crowded sidewalk.
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