{"id":2038060,"date":"2014-03-10T20:17:14","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T19:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/2014\/03\/10\/loeuf-tangram-a-playful-treat-at-mandarin-oriental\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:50:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:50:48","slug":"loeuf-tangram-a-playful-treat-at-mandarin-oriental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/2014\/03\/10\/loeuf-tangram-a-playful-treat-at-mandarin-oriental\/","title":{"rendered":"L&#8217;\u0152uf Tangram: a playful treat at Mandarin Oriental"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For his Easter creations, Pierre Mathieu, head pastry chef at the Mandarin Oriental in Paris, was inspired by<strong>a Chinese legend<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Oeuf-Tangram.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97007 lazyload\" alt=\"Tangram egg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Oeuf-Tangram-240x300.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Oeuf-Tangram-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Oeuf-Tangram-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Oeuf-Tangram-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Oeuf-Tangram-44x55.jpg 44w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 240px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 240\/300;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tangram<\/strong> (Chinese: \u4e03\u5de7\u677f; q\u012b qiao ban) is a Chinese puzzle made up of 7 pieces.<br \/>\nAccording to legend, a 16th-century Chinese emperor named &#8220;Tan&#8221; dropped an earthenware tile which shattered into 7 pieces. He was never able to put the pieces back together again, but the man realized that with the 7 pieces it was possible to create multiple shapes, hence the origin of the tangram game. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Mandarin Oriental Easter egg is based on this game. You have to break the gilded 40% C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire milk chocolate egg to reveal the 7 white chocolate pieces hidden inside. By separating the egg from its base, gourmands will then reveal the Tangram model to be reconstituted using the white chocolate pieces.<br \/>\nModel and pieces then combine to create the Tangram Egg, <strong>a delicious blend of white and milk chocolate filled with a peanut praline<\/strong>, which will delight young and old alike.  <\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;\u0152uf Tangram will be available from April<sup>1<\/sup> to 21, 2014 at the Comptoir des P\u00e2tisseries at the Mandarin Oriental in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For his Easter creations, Pierre Mathieu, head pastry chef at the Mandarin Oriental in Paris, was inspired bya Chinese legend. 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