French fancies: Long live the eclair

Chef ko wai on action

After its mouth-watering makeover, the éclair is now sexier than ever.

THE éclair is officially no longera faded French beauty. After years of being outshone bycupcakes and macarons, thetorpedo-shaped éclair – which means flash of lightning for the speed it is gobbled down – has now gotten the facelift it so deserves, thanks to patissiers such as Christophe Adam of L’Eclair de Génie, in Paris.