Venues similar to Jacques Genin

The trompe-l'oeil fruit pastries you've seen on Instagram, boutique and salon

Myriam Sabet's Levantine pâtisserie, kadaïf 1001-feuilles that Istanbul visitors instinctively recognise.

1927 Trocadéro tea-room, marble tables, white aprons, view across to the Tower.

Robert Linxe's original chocolate boutique since 1977, the room that defined Paris bean-to-praline

Emmanuel Ryon, MOF glacier, Pastry World Champion, turns gelato into Marais grand cru.

Classical French pâtisserie under the Pyramides arcades, tea room facing the Tuileries

France's oldest tea house since 1854, the Bourg-Tibourg flagship with the colonial-era painted casks

Sartre and Beauvoir's corner of Boulevard Saint-Germain since 1887.

The other Saint-Germain café, with the better view of the church.

Former Hugo & Victor relaunched under the chef's name, 2003 French Dessert Champion's first eponymous boutique

Japanese-French pâtisserie since 2001, matcha, yuzu and black sesame on classical French structures

Gaston Lenôtre's flagship since 1957, the Plaine Monceau room that taught a generation of French pastry chefs

Belle Époque salon de thé since 1903, Mont-Blanc and chocolat l'Africain under the rue de Rivoli arcades

Meilleur Ouvrier de France 2000 chocolatier, the Madeleine flagship with the life-size chocolate sculptures

Alain Ducasse's bean-to-bar manufacture in the 11e, Nicolas Berger's atelier behind a cobbled courtyard

Paris's oldest chocolate shop since 1800, Marie Antoinette's chemist's listed boutique on rue des Saints-Pères

Paris's oldest covered market, since 1615, 21 stalls, all of lunchtime Marais, on one block.

The cult sandwich stall inside Marché des Enfants Rouges, 30-minute queue, 13.50€, no apologies.

The Île Saint-Louis institution Gault Millau crowned in 1961, still family-run, still the standard.

Marais épicerie-fine + restaurant, Delphine Plisson's Dean & DeLuca answer for Paris.