If you're thinking about flying to Paris just to get a good canalé don't bother stopping at…read moreBaillardran. [Sorry, David Leibovitz] Also, they're now located at the Montparnasse train station.
We found them to be rubbery, dry and a chore to eat.
They're baked off premises and brought in to this small kiosk @ Montparnasse where you can buy them individually or in gift boxes, so it might be unfair to compare them to freshly-baked...but...
...I've had better canalés in my own little home town, Boulder, CO (@ Boxcar Coffee). (I know, that sounds like blasphemy.) There (Boxcar) you can get a pretty damn nice canalé-burnt/crispy on the outside, custardy on the inside, as they're meant to be, with some great coffee to go with it.
Still, I'm not ruling out a future trip to Bordeaux, where these gems actually originate, to experience the real deal.
So, Paris or Boulder. You decide.
Yeah, Paris still wins.