Near the end of November this year, Laduree is finally available in KL at the Pavilion Mall so I do not need to fly to Paris to taste their macarons.
Standing in queue to buy the macarons as takeaways.
They sell other dainty pastries too.
I bought 5 macarons only so they were put into a paper bag for me.
Laduree (Paris) since 1862
My selection: Rose, Raspberry, Pistachio, Mocha and Chocolate. I like the Rose macaron the best because the rose taste is quite subtle and I can taste the almond in the two almond meringue biscuit discs which are very light in texture. So light that they disappear very quickly when in the mouth. So very quickly until my friend says that he did not even know that he has eaten it. The chocolate and mocha filling are very rich and creamy. I can detect raspberry fruit pieces in the filling of the raspberry macaron. Well I must say that they do indeed live up to their name.
Each macaron costs MYR 12 nett. I did not buy the macarons in the premium range that costs MYR 18 nett each. The macarons are also sold in pretty boxes with prices starting from MYR100 onwards. There is a small dining area for customers who prefer not to have takeaways. I will need to save up to enjoy the other pastries here. Till next time.
I really fainted to see the price! I am so used to see the common RM5 a piece range. My wife used to make them for the disbanded gang of bloggers. LOLOL
ReplyDeleteI will definitely try it for once.
Wow! Your wife must be a very skillful pastry master to make these dainty macarons! There are 11 different fillings for the macarons so do try and see which filling you like best!
DeleteI must confess that making macarons is the hardest baking process and tough work. Baking cakes is easy! That's the reasons macarons are expensive.
DeleteI can only afford one flavour and would try Rose!
DeleteOne for you and another for your wife lah!
DeleteYou must learn to bake macarons from your wife and sell them to us at a discount price of MYR10 nett each, ok? ;)
DeleteOh? The celebrated original French macarons! I sure would love to try but no, I will not be buying much after that, not so much because of the price but because I hear theirs are very sweet.
ReplyDeleteNo, they are not as sweet as the macarons sold in the local bakeries. I hope that their standard will not drop as currently I can taste the almond in the meringue biscuits which adds volume to the overall taste instead of just all round sweetness overkill.
DeleteProbably toned down here, which is good that they are not so sweet. Heard from people who had them in France, cakes and stuff tend to be so very sweet in countries overseas.
DeleteGenerally things tend to be very sweet in countries overseas especially brownies in USA but I have read some reviews on blogs written by Msians that the macarons that they ate in France is not sickly sweet macarons we get in KL so I don't think that the sweetness has been toned down here.
DeleteWhat a HUGE pastry store!!!!
ReplyDeletewith lots of sweet goodies! :)
DeleteLaduree is quite popular in SG too. Not sure if there’re still around tho. Good puck! xoxo
ReplyDeleteGoogle says that they are still around in SG at Takashimaya Shopping Centre in Ngee Ann City.
DeleteThe macaroons and other offerings are certainly very pretty. But oh, the price. A piece of cake would go further.
ReplyDeleteHahahaha, I tried cos want to satisfy my curiosity!
DeleteTrue. Worth quite a few macaroons since saved on the flight to Paris. :)
DeleteI just found out that Godiva chocolates are much more expensive than this and smaller in size too.
DeleteWah! Such exquisite pastries! Absolutely pengsan on the price of the macarons but worth it if you enjoyed them.
ReplyDeleteat least it proved to me that the ones I ate before don't do any justice to macarons.
Deleteok I will go get some when the queue is not long.
ReplyDeletethe queue is not long.
DeleteLook so colourful but expensive lah
ReplyDeleteI like the last second photo of the macarons
less than SGD4 each!
DeleteThe most expensive macaroons I have eaten in my five decades is at the top of Eiffel Tower.. hahahaa... savor each bite and make sure no crumbs are dropped on the floor...
ReplyDeletethe taste must be much better high up there.:)
DeleteWhat a detailed description of the taste, well written and thumbs up
ReplyDeletethanks!
DeleteBut macaroon is meant to be sweet, right? =)
ReplyDeletesweet but not sickly sweet, not until the sickly sweetness covers all other flavours.
DeleteThe price really shocked me for such a dainty piece!
ReplyDeleteyes high price.
DeleteOh dear! So expensive!
ReplyDeleteI agree.
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