Founded over 300 years ago by Nicolas Stohrer, former pastry chef to Louis XV, the patisserie remains a celebrated institution on rue Montorgueil.
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00:23Nicolas Thoreau was the pastry chef of Louis XV.
00:28He was serving the king and all the court in Versailles.
00:31He was doing all the banquet and all the big parties for the king.
00:36The king really loved him, but after several years in Versailles,
00:40he decided to open his own shop in Rue Montorgueil in 1730, where we are today.
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00:57We have about a dozen pastries.
00:59In the shop, we find strawberry pie, raspberry pie, passion pie and lemon pie.
01:05But generally, we are on seasonal products.
01:07Like now, this is the period when we tried to release the pistachio pie,
01:12but it will disappear in a few months and it will be replaced by apricot pie or Bourdalou pie.
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01:24The art of the baba, you have to know that you still have to adapt to master the gesture.
01:29The fact of putting it in shape is a certain stroke of hand that you have to have.
01:34Generally, after two months or three months,
01:37a person can master the art of the baba if he is well seated.
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01:45Success is life, it is happiness.
01:47It brings back the joy of living, a certain satiety, but we really never get bored.
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