Daddy was in Japan recently for a work trip. I asked him to buy a couple of things for me from Japan:
1) Fancl, my skin care which unfortunately not available in Malaysia
2) Royce Chocolate, my favourite chocolate (I haven’t found anything that could beat the Royce Almond Milk Chocolate).
3) Macarons

So on the day he has some time to shop, we exchanged smses, in gist..
8 for USD30 how? The confectioner is Ladurée.
(never heard of it) buy 8 then. expensive but hope it’s nice.
(after dividing USD30/8) maybe just buy 4.
The sales lady gave me a small pack of dried ice to keep macarons cool, can last 2 hours, I don’t know if they will keep well to last the journey back home.
oh. hope it will. it’s macaron you bought, not ice cream right? (getting a bit worried, as sometimes he can ‘misunderstand’)
They look like macaron to me. o.O”

So I hope for the best, and quickly went to google Ladurée, and realised it’s a bakery founded in 1862, 150yrs ago!

According to Wikipedia,
Ladurée (French pronunciation: [la.dy.ʁe]) is a luxury cakes and pastries brand based in Paris, France. It is known as the inventor of the double-decker macaron, fifteen thousand of which are sold every day. They are still one of the best known makers of macarons in the world.

Macaron is one of the dessert I like a lot, but I don’t know much about which bakery in the world makes the best, except the ones we can find in Malaysia. I’m so happy he hit jackpot this time, unknowingly, getting me macarons from the bakery that created the macaron as we know today!

I was as excited as the girls when I heard the gate opened the day he arrived home.

These were what he brought home from Ladurée.

Ladurée’s macarons are the best I’d ever tasted. The meringues are lightly flavoured, making the taste of the ganache stand out. I don’t know what flavour Daddy has bought, so I slowly savoured each one (2 ~ 3 a day), sharing and nibbling with the girls.

I tasted
~ pistachio meringues, with ultra light texture of whipped cream and another with pistachio marzipan
~ light chocolate meringues, with rich and dense chocolate ganache
~ coffee meringues with creamy coffee gananche
~ vanilla meringues, with chewy marshmallow ganache
~ brown sugar meringues with thick buttery caramel filling

It’s not as sweet as the ones we find here, and some almond chunks could be tasted. For me, every bite is orgasmic. It has to be the world’s best macaron (actually based on google search results, it is the best; although some said Pierre Hermé is the best).

I was actually quite sad (so was Zara, who’s a connausier in the family) when we were left with the last piece yesterday…. all good things must come to an end.

Daddy took 2 shots of the Ladurée Shop (before he was asked to put his camera away).

Hmm, how come there were only women queuing up? Is macaron more of a female dessert?

Oh, what about the slice of cake? It’s a pistachio mousse cake which is so light (not too sweet) and full of nutty flavour and little crunch. I’d never tasted anything like this before.

Worth the money? Some would pay RM200 for a beef steak. Me, Ladurée, again, anytime.

Note : The nearest Ladurée to us would the the ones in Japan.