Comtesse du Barry

Les produits sont peut être bons mais l’accueil dans cette toute petite boutique est détestable les jours de livraison! Les vendeurs se préoccupent plus de ranger les cartons que des clients qui éventuellement pourraient remplir la caisse! Certes ils sont très polis mais vous sentez bien que vous dérangez… Peut être qu’il faudrait songer à réceptionner les commandes en dehors des heures d’ouverture ou bien fermer provisoirement la boutique plutôt que de recevoir les clients dans de telles conditions!

If you are a foodie, this is should be your final destination in France. I never even knew that there were this many types of fois gras and pates. The staff here are extremely friendly, helpful, and efficient. With their official looking uniforms they take you back to a time when people actually cared about what they were selling to you. I went with someone who was fluent in French, so that was very helpful. I also spent about an hour here, so you know they are patient. They have different size «sampler» packages of different cans of fois gras and pates. If you ask nicely, they will even give you cute little boxes to give out the sample cans as souvenirs. The sampler packages can run from about 40 $-100 $. There’s an entire range of less expensive to more expensive varieties. Expect to drop about 30 $US for a large can of fois gras (totally worth it, btw). The sample packages usually contain only one can of fois gras and other varieties of pates to include even chicken, pork. pheasant, and duck. Smaller, individual cans are less than 10 $US. Also, don’t worry about transporting the stuff home. I think customs is used to items from CDB, it’s a canned product so it’s okay to import. You can import from their website, but the shipping alone is I think 80 $, so if you are in town and happen to have some extra space in your bag, it’s worth carrying it home.

Ooo… la…la…FOIE GRAS and PATE HEAVEN!
When I first saw this place, it was closed. I took a picture of the store and make sure I come back to buy my foie gras and pâté before leaving Paris.
When I returned the next day, they are opened! Yeah! The store staff greeted me and immediately hand me a glass of champagne. Now that’s above and beyond services. Sipping champagne while you shop for foie gras is such a luxurious idea and also a dangerous one for you may ended up letting the alcohol encourage your impulse purchase sense and ended up buying more foie gras than you need. Ha! But how bad can that be?
Once advise: take your time to browse thru the many canned foie gras and pâté and make sure you are getting what you want. The store has all kinds of foie gras, pâté and terrain ranging from duck, pork, goose, and also vegetables. So if you aren’t careful, you might ended up buying vegetables terrain instead of meat ones and the way to tell is the prices — the vegetable terrains are much cheaper than the goose pâté. So read the labels or ask the store staff if you aren’t sure.
For those of you living in the US but craving for good foie gras, this place shipped overseas. Order on their website and the UPS bring it to your door step.