Across the street from atelier des céramiques Louiselio...
Salon de Thé, Zenzoo is at the corner of Rue Chabanais and Rue Cherubini of the Japanese quarter, Paris.articles Japan quarter quartier Paris Rue St. Anne St. Augustin Petits champs restaurant little Opera Tokyo Coreen Korean sushi bar square Louvois street-life fashion photographer show mode author art journal museum gallery exhibit Salvador Dali surreal post modern Book Murakami south east Asia crafts ceramics clothing designer review Europe France French local magazine manufacture style small business micro travel underground voyage video Chabanais Cherubini
"Branché" or "hype", meaning in French, trendy super-cool. This reflected by the completely blasé manager, in reaction to my request to photograph the place. Her only comment, "Please don't photograph the workers", being part of the Parisian culture of privacy. This also being reflected by the clientèle all under age thirty from different cultural backgrounds... French is spoken here but in innumerable accents, including the Chinese and Japanese accents of the wait-staff. I believe the ownership is Taiwanese, but the royal coolness "we" was too busy to be asked...
Some notes : very charming bathroom in a nook of the winding escalier of our photo... Find below the delicious menu entitled charmingly Calin de l'après-midi (afternoon embraces or hugs) of boissons or drinks, desserts and dimsum. Thé au lait Zenzoo comes in nine different flavors, and Soja BIO Zenzoo, soy drinks comes in three flavors. This spot also serves savory plates for lunch and dinner.
gâteau thé vert au haricot rouge (green tea cake with red bean paste)... as tasty as it looks
street scenes outside of Zenzoo and Louiselio, including nearby park Square Louvois
Square Louvois in front of the Bibliothèque Nationale (far left, far corner)
