Pastry

La Fougasse

Tart display at La Fougasse in Paris. Photo by alphacityguides.

While everything at this tiny bakery in the Third looks sumptuous, the lines of people are forming for the bread, and a slice of the tarte tropézienne (a French pastry creme stuffed between two layers of sinfully delicious puff pastry).

Beard Papa

Cream Puff at Beard Papa in Hong Kong. Photo by alphacityguides.

Delectable Japanese cream puffs in Hong Kong.

Gail's

Sandwiches at Gail's in London. Photo by alphacityguides.

Mouthwatering homemade breads, sandwiches, and pastries all over London.

Pierre Hermé

Macarons at Pierre Hermé in Tokyo. Photo by alphacityguides.

Popular French pastry house that specializes in decadent treats. 

Gerard Mulot

Macaron case at Gerard Mulot in Paris. Photo by alphacityguides.

For the most beautiful and tasty fruit tarts in the city head to Gerard

BreadTalk

BreadTalk in Hong Kong. Photo by alphacityguides.

Singapore based pastry company that sells a range of delicious breads, cakes and tarts.

Segafredo Zanetti Espresso

Baristas at Segafredo in Tokyo. Photo by alphacityguides.

Italian espresso all over Tokyo.

Pierre Hermé

Macaron display at Pierre Hermé in Paris. Photo by alphacityguides.

One of the most famous pastry chefs in Paris, some even say the world.

Jean-Paul Hevin

Chocolate and pastry display at Jean-paul Hévin. Photo by alphacityguides.

Calling all chocolate fiends!  Hévin is just the place to crush that chocolate craving once and for all.

Fauchon

Mille-feuille at Fauchon in Paris. Photo by alphacityguides.

Paris' house of gastronomy has lost a little of it's luster over the past couple of decades, but there's few places in the world that sell the champagne and macaron lifestyle quite as well.