Two members of the Clean Plate Club (CPC) met yesterday.
At Le Boulanger des Invalides Jocteur.
14 Avenue Villars, 75007Metro - Saint Francois-Xavier
Bus 87
Glorious pink walls. 
Ciel bleu/blue skies overhead. 
A golden French chicken gazes out the window. The perfect setting to taste pastries from Lyon.
Paris CPC member, Louise Chauchard of Raids-Patisserie chooses the menu. 
And explains the order we'll taste.1. The blueberry cake
2. The pistache/abricot slice
3. Last Jocteur's specialty - a sablee cookie with a praline topping, because it's the sweetest.
First we shoot our food bien sur!
Louise divides up the pastries...
The only way to really taste these is by using our hands like a child. Forks & spoons are NOT permitted. Contrasting textures and flavors are missed when a spoon is used.
There's a fun exhibit at Musee de la Poupee on just this subject, displaying vintage ads of children eating at Impasse Berthaud 75003 near rue Rambuteau. Did I mention everything was out of this world delicious at Jocteur - perhaps the best tastes of my trip. 
Louise sends me off to discover patisserie Sebastien Degardin, 29, boulevarde de Rueilly 75012. One must support new pastry shops non? More to come on Degardin. 
End of day I visit Patisserie des Reves on rue du Bac to view their latest - just research after all. 
I'm heading back to New York this afternoon - a Swiss Sleep cure awaits.
And serious exercise with no desserts on the menu.
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