Aux Merveilleux de Fred

Walking around a city on a cold and frosty December morning can really build up an appetite, and what better way to sate that appetite than a visit to a cosy little patisserie.

They don’t have many seats, so we were extremely lucky to get there as a few became available.

We found out that the pâtisserie was founded by Frédéric Vaucamps, a pastry chef from the North of France. He adapted the recipe of his favourite cake to make it extremely light, and it became a marvellous success, so much so that in 1997 he named his Lille pâtisserie after it, and so ‘Aux Merveilleux de Fred’ was born. Since then, Aux Merveilleux de Fred has grown, and opened pâtisseries all over the world, including Toronto, London, Lille and Bruges.

They sell these gorgeous little soft centred, light as anything, meringues coated in flaked chocolate. With a warming cup of coffee, it certainly made for a relaxing break.

It wasn’t just the delicate pâtisseries that caught our eye though, they also had the most dramatic crystal chandelier. Not sure I’ve seen one of that size and quality outside of a chateau…amazing.