Paris Hidden Gems • French Culture • Gastronomy

I was born in Lyon, grew up across Asia, studied in Belgium and worked in Shanghai. For most of my life France was the place I came from rather than the place I lived, so when I finally moved to Paris, I started noticing the things most people walk straight past.

That curiosity became French With Elle. Every week I share the hidden gems, gastronomy, and small cultural rules that make Paris feel like Paris, the brasseries worth the detour, how to order coffee without giving yourself away, the etiquette nobody explains to you. And increasingly, the rest of France too. Lyon, Rouen, Honfleur, Versailles.