Ladurée...yum yum

Some more French stuff...

Ladurée, if you don't know, is a world-renowned macaroon (macaron en français) place. Apparently the macaroons that Masterchef fans know and love were invented by this guy Louis Ernest Ladurée who opened a salon de thé in 1862 (as it says on the packet). They do a few other things and some of the shops are cafes but the most famous stuff is macarons.

miam miam that is french for yum yum

So as you may have heard me bemoaning, I was horribly sick in Paris. I couldn't eat any of the good stuff. No eclairs or croquembouches, no pain au chocolat or croissants, no crepes, etc. Ok so I had a whole bunch of camembert but that doesn't really count. Cheese is practically a health food.

Anyway  I couldn't eat any of the tasty stuff with cream. But what I could eat was Ladurée. It's sweet, but not greasy. It's light and airy. The perfect food for a poor sick girl!

Also there are hundreds of Ladurée shops everywhere. There are three of them in Printemps. Also there is one in St Germain des pres which was on the way to my French class. There is one between the Madeline and the place de la concorde. There is one on the Champs Elysée. There is even one at the Chateau de Versailles. Anyway I just looked on their website and that seems to be all of them. So I just happened to go to all the places where the Ladurées were!! Although I supppose they are all pretty touristy places after all.

mmmmm me with my ladurée bag in the appartement

The macarons I had were chocolat (of course), framboise (raspberry), caramel au buerre salé (salty butter caramel), cassis violette (yummy) pistache and vanille. Maybe a few other ones. In winter they do a marrons one, yum! Will have to go back for that one. They were really good.

So this week I may or may not have gone past the Lindt cafe and thought, hmmmmm macarons....I am sure they are just as good as the ones in Paris (?).

Well they are not. So get yourselves over to Paris for some macaron magic. It's the only way!!

Or if you like, make some, masterchef-style, and get me to taste test. Will be happy to provide my services free of charge.