As the French gradually integrated viennoiseries into their culture - changing it from a brioche bread to a laminated pastry - chocolatine became one and the same with pain au chocolat, which ...

I tried Paris’ biggest pain au chocolat during the Olympics – it weighs 1kg, costs £31 and has 3000 calories. ... one of their five sites in the French capital. READ MORE ON PARIS 2024.

The pastry case at the Wellesley bakery is filled with exquisite and generously sized French pastries — brioche buns, pain au chocolat, kouign-amann, canelés, and more — but the plain ...