Macarons From Paul

I tell you, it's all because of the man, I've been macaron-ed out on this trip. I don't even want to look at another macaron again for a long long time. Not a day has passed without a macaron ingested.

The man has this incredibly sweet tooth. I don't care for desserts, but he does. He goes crazy over them. You could probably bribe him with a fantastically done dessert of any sort. He doesn't even have a favorite dessert. I know he'll pick the strangest sounding dessert on the menu. (Like the way he picks his starters and mains) He says it's hard to pick a favorite. DOH.

At Paul, for macarons, they only do chocolate, vanilla and pistachio. The menu stated a coffee flavor, but we were told it wasn't available that day. Oh well. Chocolate and vanilla it would be.

We had the giant macarons that go for £3.40 a piece. Again, these are uniquely Paul. They're not as sweet as the melt-in-your-mouth ones from Ladurée. They're chewy and subtle in flavor. Not too bad at all. They've got mini macarons too. Well, they termed it mini, but it's really just slightly smaller than the usual size from Ladurée and Pierre Hermé.

However, imho, Paul's better in its breads, breakfasts, cooked food. In terms of dessert, it's especially good for its cakes, crumbles and tarts. They use good coffee beans too, except that their flat white comes strangely as black coffee with the milk at the side.