Today I had the most amazing breakfast at Rose Bakery with my friends Megan and Nick who are in town this week. We stopped on rue des Martyrs before heading up to the Marché aux Puces St.-Ouen, and I finally made it to this famed English landmark!

While we waited for our food, the waitress brought us a wooden slab of whole grain bread with a tab of butter and a shaker of pink Himalayan salt. Truly! It was like stepping out of France into a whole new world of wonders! Though Paris has many delights of its own, things like soy milk, pink salt, heck – even Mexican food – are hard to come by, so many things I took for granted in California!

But, it seems the English are a little more clued-in to trendy health foods, and as a result many of these foreign imports are fast becoming hot destinations for both Parisians and ex-pats alike.

For breakfast I ordered an amazingly delicious muesli topped with orange juice-soaked shredded apples. I also had a blueberry scone and some English Breakfast tea. Megan had a yummy-looking fruit salad and Nick had the oatmeal.

Such a fun little stretch of cafés and restaurants near rue des Martys… I definitely will be back soon!