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Where to find the best pain au chocolat in Paris

There’s nothing more delicious than a warm, freshly baked  pain au chocolat  (or  chocolatine , as the southwestern French would call it) in the morning alongside a delicious cup of  café au lait . After five years of living in France, I estimate having eaten more than 7000  viennoiseries  (generic name given to classic puff pastries like  croissants , pains au chocolat and  escargots aux raisins  -raisin snails-), always with a good cup of coffee and a splash of milk. A bit of advice before the first   boulangerie  on the list: arrive early, Parisian   brasseries   are serious about their meal times. It is fairly common to walk hungry into a coffee shop in the middle of the morning to find they just ran out of chocolatines and croissants. If that happens, be as charming as possible and ask for a life-saving   tartine : baguette with jam and butter. Remember:   café au lait   has more milk,   café crême...
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