:D Cake. Cake? Oh MAN I Love the CAKE! :D

[axelb]

I'm going to gay Paris for my Birthday this weekend and wanted to bring back one of the famous fantastic cakes *droooooooooooool*

Although I am unsure as to weather HM /Customs will let me bring it back?

I had a look and there appears to be something about not being allowed to bring seeds/nuts back, and I think fruit aswell.

But Cake?

Has anyone brought a cake home that might be able to help?

[Su lin]

I presume you are talking Patisserie here Axel?

[Sam]

As far as I'm aware the answer is no you can't, my dad was going to take some xmas cake out to greece and the when he enquired with his airline they said no.

Ring the airline.

[Su lin]

I brought a dark chocolate Toblerone back from Paris once, well,I say brought back,I ate it mostly before getting on the plane.

[coma]

Good news

Originally Posted by HM Revenue & Customs

You can bring back a reasonable amount of any food on sale in any EU country. If it is a large amount, you may need to satisfy HMRC that the food is for your personal use.

This also applies to personal imports of fish and shellfish from Iceland.

Source

[Su lin]

I was forgetting,I bought sausage and cheese back from Italy so surely cake should be ok from France.Presuming its legal cake of course!!!

[coma]

Originally Posted by Su Lin

I was forgetting,I bought sausage and cheese back from Italy so surely cake should be ok from France.Presuming its legal cake of course!!!

I bring back a ton of spicy chorizo whenever I visit spain and I had been meaning to check the rules on this for a while.

[Su lin]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm chorizo!!! I am making NO comments about hiding sausages from customs.

[axelb]

Originally Posted by Su Lin

I presume you are talking Patisserie here Axel?

oui, c'est une patisserie.

mmmmm Cake!
my wife was telling me how fantastic the cakes are, so it's going to have to be transported back to share with some people who haven't tasted their delights yet.

thanks Coma thats good to know, I won't be bringing back more than 1 (maybe 2 and eat one on the plane) might give Air France a ring also incase they say "non monsieur, votre mere et une hamstere"

all this talk of food has made me hungry now!

[Su lin]

And of course you are bringing us some back too right?

I love Paris, sitting outside the cafes being served a demi bier by a gorgeous French waiter........................

[Chimpcheng]

Yeah I brought in all kinds of cakes and goodies from Hong Kong many times over. I think they frown on meat as ages ago my family would bring back loads of "lak churng" which is like a dried sausage thingy but now they're not allowed to bring them over.

Bring me back a Toblerone, thanks.

[Sgt_Major]

Ask no questions, plead ignorance....

[Su lin]

If that fails just eat it all before you get on the plane

[axelb]

marvellous, sounds good to me. I am quite happy to eat it all if they say non.

am looking forward to the holiday not been to Paris before.
I will be ordering un tres grande bier and probably spending the next few days dusting off my (lame) gcse french skills
all I can remember at the moment is:
"Votre mère était une hamster et votre père avait l'odeur des baies de sureau."

If i could bring more back you could all have some, but I think it might melt/mould in the post... or strangley dissappear

[Verx]

Originally Posted by axelb

thanks Coma thats good to know, I won't be bringing back more than 1 (maybe 2 and eat one on the plane) might give Air France a ring also incase they say "non monsieur, votre mere et une hamstere"

WTH?

"No sir, your mum and hamster"