There have been some macarons in the past couple of weeks. Not all good, but mostly good.The ones I got from my student were from Angelique Chiba. Citron, Caramel & Pistachio. A bit too airy, but still delicious.She also gave me these from Palet d'Or. I had tried macaron from Palet d'Or before, but these flavors were different--chocolat, pistachio, orange, framboise & coconut. These were more like a cookie. (Thank you Yoshimi!) I was reading something on Wikipedia which said that the traditional macaron is more cookie-like and the more modern macaron is the chewy type. And then there were the disaster macaron from Cuore. I had seen these macaron in a Kyoto department store, but found out that their main shop was in Umeda, so I went to Umeda to buy them. Looks nice in the box, right?Well, the guy who packed them put in an ice packet which started to melt by the time I came home.Water in the box means the water directly touched the macaron, it was all smushy and gross (insert pouty face).I immediately called the store to tell them they should change their ice packs to a dry type. I also emailed their head office. Surprisingly they emailed back apologizing. The earl grey macaron was pretty disappointing, it had tea on top and was really bitter with no tea flavor at all. The outside of the macaron was crisp, but the insides kind of smushy. I don't think I'll be going back here.I guess 2 out of 3 isn't too bad...hope you all have a great weekend. ...full story at Adventures In Japan
from Adventures In Japan on Thu, Jun 26 2008
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