Macaroon Heaven

The first time I ever saw a macaroon, I fell in love before I had even tasted one. They just looked absolutely heavenly in the beautiful variety of colours and flavours – my mouth is watering as I type! From then on, I had been obsessed, they just tasted too amazing! The only problem is, I found they are fairly hard to come across. So, you can imagine my delight when I found a whole counter full in Selfridges in the Bullring, Birmingham. I couldn’t resist, I had to buy some! My housemates called me crazy for spending so much on so little, but they had not tasted them – and I wasn’t willing to share!

The Birmingham counter was fulfilling enough, but nothing can beat the Ladurée Parisian tearoom in Harrods, London. The tearoom looked stunning and the food looked amazing but I couldn’t wait long enough to get my hands on the delicious macaroons. Unfortunately, we skipped the tearoom experience – but there is always next time! In sensing my excitement, Jessell couldn’t help but treat me to a box!

I have to say, the only problem I had with Ladurée was that there was way too much choice! Jessell and I stood staring for ages trying to choose and ended up buying almost every flavour available. We chose the following flavours, which included:

Chocolate

Praline

Orange Blossom

Lime

Raspberry

Lemon

Vanilla

Rose Petal

Madagascar Chocolate

Strawberry & Cream

Cognac

Apple

I think a couple of these flavours were seasonal ones, as we visited fairly close to Valentine’s Day, including the Cognac macaroon which was my favourite!

As if my birthday hadn’t been fulfilled with enough macaroon love, my constant expression for my love for them didn’t go unnoticed. My gorgeous friends decided to make me some for my birthday and they really were delicious!

If you haven’t tried macaroons before, you are definitely missing out. So, the next chance you get, don’t pass and splash out – they are definitely worth it!

Love Always

xx