The chicest supermarket in the world

[@elizatimbo1413]

Love going there, I go every Wednesday when I take my daughter to Ballet, I like the picnic food its truly delish! they also have amazing Christmas crackers which i will be getting there this season as not many places in France sell crackers, its a British thing apparently.. New subscriber love your videos, so helpful I couldn't find anything in english for months , glad to have discovered you!

[@amusingaida]

It is a really great supermarket. I don't know anything about Christmas crackers, but I can vouch for the oysters there!

[@juliaguggenberger1443]

Just wanted to say how much I like your content! Funny and informative in a nutshell. 😊

[@amusingaida]

Thanks! It's comments like yours that keep me doing this

[@danielchoe1752]

Thank you… my wife and I got oysters from there… price was really good and the oysters were phenomenal!

[@amusingaida]

Ah, the oysters! Don't get me started on the oysters!

[@damiaanspatrick2050]

finally after 20 times in paris, I will discover it next week.

[@amusingaida]

Try the oysters

[@teamstersteve]

bonjour Aida, Yes,I'm a regular here.Best coffee,they have their own roaster.Wild smoked salmon can't be beat.Best nut bread,butter too!Excellent asian food selection.Almost as good as marche Raspail on Tuesday and Friday.

[@amusingaida]

I saw all the coffee beans.... looks great. Very different to the marchés (though I know the Raspail one to be the most gourmet of the lot!)

[@Pinerocks]

I went there and had the most amazing apple tart! ❤

[@amusingaida]

Oooh, apple tart (une tarte Tatin ?). I must try that next time there

[@Pinerocks]

@@amusingaida it was more a tarte aux pomme, but tarte tatin is my fave! ❤️

[@MarkAthas]

We are visiting Paris soon for our 40th anniversary and plan on going to the Passy location while there. Our second time in Paris, but still learning things thanks to videos like yours, Aida.

[@amusingaida]

Passy... lovely! And if it's only your second time, you should have a blast taking time to just walk around and explore, without feeling any pressure to tick certain landmarks off a list. Enjoy your trip!

[@fv1291]

An American peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich on white bread, paired with a glass of champagne. The best of both worlds. 😊

[@amusingaida]

Beurk.

[@StephenOshea]

awesome video it reminds me of my visit to Paris over 15 year ago . so nice

[@amusingaida]

In some ways Paris is the same. In others though, well, 15 years brings its lot of changes

[@StephenOshea]

@@amusingaida yes i think so . from memory the tower was a sort of hot pink color . i was told many locals disliked the colour .i suppose the colour has now changed colour

[@amusingaida]

The tower now sparkles at night, on the hour. But that's a copyright thing, so you can't really show it (even if every monetized vlogger does)

[@StephenOshea]

@@amusingaida thats super nice and a great idea .

[@amusingaida]

@@StephenOshea do try it -- so many little things to try and buy

[@cynthiacomeaux305]

So interesting that you paid at the supermarket with an American Express card. We are American and when my husband and I were in Paris, we did not take our American Express card because we were told it would not be accepted at most places.

[@amusingaida]

That's a pretty good general rule for France. Visa is the one taken everywhere. But in Paris, in big supermarkets, department stores and high-end or chain restaurants Amex is taken, in part because of the number of tourists but also because Amex keeps pushing to have its cards accepted. If you go to touristed places I'd say it's OK to use Amex in 80% of them. But it does drop off steeply outside of Paris, to maybe 20% of cases.

[@sylviamatthee8172]

Brilliant. Thank you.

[@amusingaida]

Thanks!

[@hcjkruse]

Thanks again for another well produced video. Definitely on my list to go to. A nice monday destination to fill a small suitcase. They have a shop in the 16th and the 6th. Which one should I go when staying in the 15th? Thanks for the Jay Swanson videos, indeed a lot of coffee. His two batches of 20 in 20 videos were a long sit but certainly worth it to pick a few interesting places and alternatives. Unfortunately I stays in a hotel with only a shared Microwave and no fridge or water cooker. It is tempting to bring my Microwave cooking gear, but I doubt they appreciate it if I really use that thing to cook. So it will be tinned, dried and other preserved stuff, wine and toilet paper for protecting glass jars and bottles. Maybe I should make a shopping list beforehand and bring an extra bag.

[@amusingaida]

Glad you got something out of it. Don't forget that you can also ask the staff about vacuum packing items for travel. I just go to the one in the 6th, which is easiest for me, though I've heard good things about the one in the 16th.

[@hcjkruse]

@@amusingaida Merci. Good to know .I will have to see how hot the TVG will be in November.

[@jimbanda]

I am new to your channel. In all my visits to Paris , sometimes three times per year, i have never visited this wonderful vista. Next time to be sure i will. Merci beaucoup pour ces merveilleuses informations 🇫🇷☘️🇮🇪

[@amusingaida]

You should. It's a little bit different to the usual sights, and a great stop along the way to get something to eat, maybe pick up some tasty items too

[@jimbanda]

@@amusingaida Yes most definitely next visit I will. Thank you.

[@solarplexus4003]

I want to try the oyster bar:))

[@amusingaida]

And you really should

[@Habibidance]

Fantastic channel Aida! LOVE your content💕

[@amusingaida]

Thanks so much! It means a lot to hear the videos are hitting home

[@worsttaste.3464]

Hope to see more videos like this before my trip to France in November :)

[@amusingaida]

You liked it? Great! Yes, I have plans for many more videos for my channel before your trip to France. What sort of things are you interested in seeing?

[@seeyayannapon]

amazing food i missed paris already 😍

[@amusingaida]

Paris isn't going anywhere. Get back to it soon!

[@irminsulwotan6413]

Excellent! Merci

[@amusingaida]

Thanks!

[@sarachaelb]

I'm loving the pairing of your lipstick and styling. Also, I would recommend Zabar's in NYC 🤩 perhaps not expensive but amazing

[@amusingaida]

Thank you, that's lovely of you to say so. And next time in NYC I'll have to check out Zabar's -- thanks for the recommendation

[@FredHolmeswriter]

Do you by chance take requests? I don't wish to be presumptuous, but I would love your entertaining take on Montmartre from Moulin Rouge at the bottom to the Love Locks at the top--assuming they're still there! 😁

[@amusingaida]

That sounds like a good idea.... I do have Montmartre on my to-do list. But a couple of videos on others things ahead of that one....

[@Yeshua027]

I place this above Harrods and Fortnum's but more in league with KaDeWe

[@amusingaida]

You may be right... beautiful use of space and lines inside that one.

[@Yeshua027]

@@amusingaida it has given me loads of design ideas

[@Moneyandfood]

A baguette and thinly sliced jambon de Paris pls

[@rj6017]

Aida, I will be in Paris in October and would like to get some pointers from you about where to shop for clothes besides the big malls, please!

[@amusingaida]

Ha! A good question. My calls quickly would be Kiliwatch, Rue Vieille du Temple (above rue de la Perle) and the streets parallel (rue de Saintonge and rue de Charlot), boulevard Beaumarchais (between metro stations Filles du Calvaire and Chemin Vert), the very bottom section of rue de Charonne. All that for chic but urban wear, which I like. For more 'classic' wear you could try the streets in the triangle made by rue de Sèvres, boulevard St-Germain and boulevard Raspail, or Avenue Mozart. But don't rule out entirely the department stores, which have a great range: my favorites are Le Bon Marché and Printemps.

[@ZagnutBar]

I'm so glad you didn't mention Erewhon in Los Angeles. The prices are utterly outrageous, yet their "healthy" prepared food is absolutely awful. It's good for finding specific items that are hard to get elsewhere like unpasteurized cow and goat milk.

[@amusingaida]

I don't know that one. At the risk of sounding, er, European (!) one thing I am very happy about is the price-quality ratio in European supermarkets. It was curious to see how high the prices were in the US for comparable items.

[@johnhoward6132]

If you buy some meat, cheese, bread, is there a place to sit down and eat it? We are in a hotel. thx, Jane

[@amusingaida]

Absolutely. But I recommend taking that outside the hotel to eat! Seriously though, the city is kind enough to put parks and benches everywhere. Wherever your hotel is, look for the nearest park, or the nearest church (there are often benches out the front), or head towards the river. Many boulevards have benches too.

[@johnhoward6132]

@@amusingaida Thank you, will look!

[@mgparis]

Do you have an Instagram Aida? Just discovered your channel and I love it :)

[@amusingaida]

Nope, no Instagram

[@shukry7746]

T'as oublié Lidl, Aldi et tous les cheap markets plus proche de la réalité parisienne.. Un touriste nest pas forcément riche, loin de là.... "La grande épicerie" cest hyper cher et pas forcément meilleur qu'ailleurs ! sauf si t es riche, mais ça , cest partout dans le monde !

[@amusingaida]

Il y a une segmentation du marché des supermarchés, c'est évident. Ce que je trouve génial de la Grande Epicerie est que c'est un endroit un peu ludique en plus qu'une collection de rayons d'alimentation.

[@yvonneb2]

As a New Yorker, I can tell you that Food Emporium is not a good supermarket. Really ugly. And Dean & Deluca is a small, overpriced place. European supermarkets are so much better.😍

[@amusingaida]

You may say that but I couldn't possibly comment. (I've only visited NYC, so the little I've seen suggests to me you're right, but I don't have enough in-depth experience to compare in detail). In the end though: better that they exist than if they didn't, right? (And I'm very happy with my French supermarkets!)

[@tommoncrieff1154]

I love your videos, they are exquisite. But - yes there’s a ‘but’ - theres a throwaway line in this one - ‘sorry Harrod’s’ - I assume you are suggesting U.K. pays more for EU foods since Brexit, but that’s not true. U.K. has a free trade deal with the EU and there are zero tariffs and quotas on trade, it’s the same as before.

[@amusingaida]

Hi Tom and thanks for the compliment on my videos. Much appreciated -- the feedback is really precious. On Harrod's and Brexit: I know Brexit is still a topic for debate in the UK. And you're right about EU-made products being covered by the free trade provisions in the TCA. But my reading of British press suggests that it's the bureaucratic frictions around SPS that are forming a problem in the agro-alimentaire sector. While UK import checks are partly suspended, EU truck drivers are hesitant to go back and forth when that paperwork might slow them down and cost money. So that indirect cost is one factor pushing food inflation higher in the UK. Am I wrong?

[@tommoncrieff1154]

@@amusingaida I don’t know. I think that was only in the first few weeks (excluding Northern Ireland, where there are continuing issues) but I don’t know. I doubt any of that affects Harrods or Fortnums or London luxury shopping! I was just in Paris for a week and did little food shopping, except for Earl Grey tea 😆. I didn’t notice the prices in restaurants were different from UK, so I looked up Eurostat and was surprised to see the U.K. is 26% cheaper than France for food shopping, which is an enormous difference. I guess this is because farmers are more powerful in France whereas supermarkets are all powerful in England. I split my time between England and California and food shopping is MUCH more expensive in USA. Supermarket food is at least 2.5 times the price of the U.K. and California closer to 4 times for many essentials 🙀. And outside of NYC, San Fran etc. the range and quality is usually not good!