Eclair Week: gourmet temptation by Fauchon

hokusai lightning

As an ambassador of French culinary culture, FAUCHON has been exporting its “Made in F” expertise -Made in FAUCHON, Made in France- to the four corners of the globe since 1972, when it opened its first boutique in Japan. From Morocco to Japan, via Dubai, Kuwait and Qatar, the éclair, FAUCHON’s signature patisserie, is an international success story. FAUCHON chefs Nicolas Jambert in Japan and Philippe Morbelli in the Middle East develop new recipes inspired by local cultures and traditions.

For example, La Vague by the famous Japanese painter Hokusaï illustrates an éclair with light vanilla cream and semi-salted Echiré butter, and is to Japan what the Mona Lisa éclair is to France. The Koïnobori éclair was created for Children’s Day, celebrated every year on May 5, when the Japanese float multicolored fabric fish in the wind. It is adorned with a light vanilla cream, strawberry for the pink version and blueberry for the blue version, all enhanced by a white chocolate shell.

In the East, the opening of a FAUCHON boutique is always an opportunity to design an éclair in local colors: in Casablanca, orange blossom is sublimely featured, the Dubai éclair honors dates, while the Kuwait éclair is a fig highlight. For the first time, eclairs from Japan and 1001 Nights will rub shoulders with revisited classics of French patisserie, such as Eclair Saint-Honoré, Eclair Joconde, Eclair Paris Brest, Eclair Caramel beurre salé…