Au Coeur de Paris

The pâté chaud baguettes were on the dry side.

this location is their wholesale location, they don’t sell to the public here, at least that’s what the very pleasant gentleman told me this morning. he directed me to the Edinger location which is where I’m giving 4 stars.

Best fresh patechaud in town! I love that it is not just a rendition of the mediocre Viet/​French patechaud with ground pork and onions, but this bakery adds their own twist with veggies, pâté, ham or chicken (substitute). On my last visit, I also tried their baked ham and cheese croissants and that was also delicious as well. Might make this my go– to lunch spot whenever I want fresh baked goodies (:

Ok this is second time I have been here. It is nothing like original location on edinger. No macaroons and not same baguette used in sandwiches. Go to origanal, this location is not the same

Dropped in to try — and I must say everything looked SO TEMPTING! So I picked up some macaroons (coconut, passion fruit, caramel & hazelnut) … and I picked up a delicious looking pistachio crème brûlée! The young man helping was friendly, informative and cordial. I’ll have to stop by again to try some of the other items in the display cases!

This review is for the pâté chaud and my general perceptions. The first time I came here was at closing time, whoops. All the shelves were practically empty, came too late. The second time I came was at eight on a weekday morning. Hm, display shelves still looked minimalist at best, like maybe they were leftovers from the night before, and I say this because the cash register wasn’t even set up yet, so it’s not like a huge of influx of customers could have come in and bought all the pastries. The cakes and sweets didn’t look all that delectable, so I decided to try the pâté chaud, which was not on display, but I saw pictures of them on Unilocal.I bought a whole box because hey, you can’t go wrong with pâté chaud. Wrong. I brought them home to my family for breakfast and they only ate the shell, throwing the meat away. They then asked me, how old is this?! Um, I just bought it. Hm, so there you go, another been there, bought that, never doing it again.

Don’t bother going to this location, apparently there is a bigger location that stays open later on Edinger. So I show up 45 minutes before closing. No one is at the counter, takes a few minutes for someone to finally come out. There is no menu and display window is pretty bare. The older man that finally comes out acts like we are bothering him. Doesn’t want to explain to me what is in the sandwiches even after I told him I’ve never been there. And basically shoes us away telling us to go down the street to the bigger location. Terrible customer service. Store is so tiny and bare. No menu at all. He could’ve scooped dog crap in my sandwich and I wouldn’t even know because he can’t even be bothered to tell me what’s in the darn thing! So I left with nothing, very disappointed and angry at the distain I received. When I’m finally ready to give it another try I’ll definitely go to the larger location and I hope the service is better.

My friend told me to check this place out because she saw some pictures on Instagram and couldn’t check it out herself so I decided to because I love pâté chaud. I got a regular and the pork banh mi just to try it out first but I’ll venture into the tuna next visit. I actually tried to go here a good 3 times before actually having a time where I could actually stop by while they were open and it was definitely worth it.

They have really good puff pâté chaud. Best ones that I have eaten locally. The puff pastry was buttery and perfectly flakey with savory meat filling that made every bite delicious! Must try!

Taking cooking to a new level! Glad to see people try new things. They first introduced the Pâté Chaud banh mi. A croissant like filled with banh mi items. Now they’ve got new one like tuna, spam musubi, chicken banh mi, and more. They’ve also got a bunch of other items. This is the spot to try if you want something different.
Fusion bakery at it’s best
Recommendation: Pâté Chaud sandwiches

Ok, so I live near this little shop. As a matter of fact I’ve been going to the tailor next door for years! Never once went inside this awesome store. I wanted to go to the lab and but a small box of macaroons in flavors, as it’s the big hype these days. This shop didn’t have many flavors, but nice size ones. They also had crème brûlée which I must get next time. My absolute favorite splurge. Today I simply bought a few of these and the lady was very nice and I enjoyed the taste. The outside was a bit crisp as they are refrigerated I think. Going to let them sit and try the second one. Earl Grey tea, and coconut. A little treat but $ 1.75 can add up if you want to keep them for later! I’ll check out that place at the Lab too next time.
Update: I went to the bushard and Edinger location, and. Don’t leave macaroons in your car. The center melts! Oops.

Love this place! The ppl are always so nice and their sandwiches are great for the price of $ 2.75

Their macaroons are so delicious! So excited to have found this place! My favorite so far is the passion fruit macaroon. Yummy!

I usually go to the other location, but this one is closer to my parents’ house.
As usual, I got the pâté chaud and an ice coffee. Both make a perfect pair for a nice morning breakfast of midday snack.
The lady behind the counter is very friendly and talkative. since it was new, she had time to talk because it was just me. I told her that I usually go to the other location and she thanked me for my patronage.

My motto when eating French baked goods: If the crumbs don’t get all over the place, it doesn’t belong in your face. This place definitely hits the mark for me. You know it’s good when the crusty, flaky goodness gets all over the place after biting into a croissant or baguette. Disclaimer: I have only ever had their croissants, pâté chaud and banh mi… and they were really, really good. The pricing is very reasonable (less than $ 3 for banh mi), the place is clean and the people working here are always very friendly. I haven’t tried any of their pastries yet, they didn’t look super fresh at first but are looking better lately. Will definitely be back to give the cream puffs and fruit tarts a try.

I had high hopes for this place since the name was very French and there is another branch. But honestly I was a little let down by the quality. The cream in the cream puff tasted a little old and the texture heavy like it had too much cornstarch. The macarons were ok, but again something was off on the texture and the filling in the middle tasted a bit old. Hope it improves though, the lady who helped us with the order was really nice, hence the 3 star, otherwise would have been 2.

As I stand here after devouring the first pain au chocolat, I’m happy Wandering Chopsticks took the time to follow the signs posted at the original Edinger au coeur de Paris to discover the newly opened branch in Garden Grove. There are no signs facing the street whether coming from North or the South. There is no plaza signage either. But those who frequent Vietnamese boobie cafés will immediately recognize this plaza as the one shared by Café Di Vang II.
While the Register tells us this branch is manned by the baker instead of pâtissier, the pastry cases are still replete with all the offerings at branch 1: check out the massive Paris-​Brest, the affordable chocolate croissants, the 10 flavors of macaron, and the banging bargain that is the $.50 palmiers.
Basically, if you love things like the Gayet-​Hollande affair, Nabilla Benattia, and Luc Besson films, you’ll love this place. Au coeur makes me so happy the French invaded and colonized Vietnam. Without it, we wouldn’t have banh mi, and cheap pastries in Little Saigon.
Of note: the shop closes at 4pm, so if you come later in the day, the pâté chaud, one of the most popular savory items at the original shop, will have been hibernating under the heating elements for 8 hours. It’s still tasty enough, but best go early.