Paris | E-BOW THE LETTER The Taschen bookstore | Jean Prouvé | King

HALF A WORLD AWAY
Near the Latin Quarter is Salon de Thé de la Mosquée, which has Moroccan mint tea and sweets that you can buy. It's close to the museums and gardens you can wander around in. It's distinctly Parisian because of the people around you, but it's obviously Arabic and looks Arabic, so it feels like part of another culture in the middle of Paris. It's a great place to go, and the tea is genuine Moroccan. So that's a must. You'll leave there with a buzz. They have a hammam [Turkish steam bath] there, too, although I've never been. The best Thai restaurant in town is Thiou. I don't eat chicken, but I love curries, so I get a curry. Anything with lemon grass.

E-BOW THE LETTER
The Taschen bookstore is a must-see. He is the German king of coffee-table books, and this store was designed specifically by and for Taschen and the books that they put out. It's really beautiful and strange and modern inside. There's another great bookstore called Artazart, on quai de Valmy, and they have the most amazing art books. Some that are very specific to Paris. I remember going there and buying two books about Jean Prouvé, who's one of my favorite designers, and finding photographs of his work that I'd not seen in any other bookstores.

SWEETNESS FOLLOWS
If you were going to dinner at someone's house and you wanted to present them with a gift, you'd go to Ladurée and buy a box of 12 macaroons. Ladurée has been there since 1862, and they have the best macaroons in the world. They have all the classic flavors, those being rose, lavender, and chocolate, obviously, but then they have really strange ones like rosemary. You just have to go to this place. It's like a Parisian institution, and everyone in the city would know that you had made this special trip to this special place to get the best macaroons in Paris.

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