Southport - Lilibet's of Paris

A friend once said told me that "you can never get a decent meal on the A5", the point of his story being that businesses don't have to do as much to get customers if they're on a busy road. Lilibet's of Paris (despite its name) is situated in Southport on Stanley Street. It's a little street running parallel to and between the town's busy Lord Street and the Promenade. You could easily miss it, which would be a great shame! It's run by chef pâtissière Elizabeth Connard, who trained at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School in Paris.

My photos don't do this shop justice.  They sell entremets (mousse cakes), like bavarois aux trois chocolats (equal layers of dark, milk and white chocolate Bavarian cream on a chocolate lady finger base), and traditional French patisserie. I bought a tarte passion meringuee (a sweet shortbread pastry case filled with passion fruit cream and crowned with Italian meringue) and a tarte au citroen (the classic French lemon tart).

They also do beautiful and delicious French style macaroons:

Remember to take your cool box, to take home some of their home made ice cream. We tried the lavender ice cream, it was superb.

Lilibets of Paris

24 Stanley Street

Southport

Merseyside

PR9 0BY

Tel: 01704 536001

Web: www.lilibetsofparis.com