A famous teahouse with a colonial style decoration, Mariage Frères serves a few hundreds flavors of tea from different continents and countries. We usually go to the Rive Gauche branch. Downstairs, neatly organized, reflecting the Vietnamese colonial house is the showcase of different choices of tea and teapots. Upstairs are the tables, always calm with a luxurious feel to it. Always find someone sitting alone reading or drawing some inspiration to write in a quiet afternoon...
Whenever we get a chance to visit Mariage Frères, we would take quite some time to look through the menu. "Should I pick the perfumed Mandalay, or Maharaja...hmm or one of those African?"It's a true said that sometimes too many choices kill the choices. Anyway, for this afternoon I felt like having Mandalay, the place that I've always wanted to go. A big teapot arrived some time later. The Mandalay was poured into my cup, the taste was a little intense but smooth. We were sipping, catching up with the stories we hadn't shared, laughing...and enjoying the atmosphere for over 2 hours, until 7pm (The place is closed for dinner.)It was a good late afternoon.
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