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Merveilleux is a signature dish of France; we have verified places to eat it in Lille. Two dry meringues joined with whipped cream, coated all over in more cream and rolled in chocolate shavings, sometimes topped with a candied cherry. Start with where to eat Merveilleux in Lille.
Merveilleux · Lille
Two dry meringues joined with whipped cream, coated all over in more cream and rolled in chocolate shavings, sometimes topped with a candied cherry.
The merveilleux is Belgian by origin and was reworked in French Flanders, where the Hazebrouck pastry chef Roger Mouille made a lighter version bound with whipped cream rather than buttercream. Frederic Vaucamps built a business on it, opening the first Aux Merveilleux de Fred on Rue de la Monnaie in Lille in 1997 before the brand reached Paris, London and New York. The northern French variants sometimes swap the whipped cream for chocolate buttercream and are formed as spheres rather than cylinders. Speculoos, coffee and cherry versions are all standard.
Where to eat in Lille:
- Aux Merveilleux de Fred (Rue de la Monnaie)
- Aux Merveilleux de Fred (Wazemmes)
- Aux Merveilleux de Fred (Gare Lille Flandres)
Where to eat Merveilleux in Lille: the editor picks
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