Macarons From Pierre Hermé

Luckily we didn't try to hop over to Paris via rail. We all know how inconvenient travelling in winter is. Eurostar is completely crippled this week.

Thank goodness the friends made a decision not to travel by rail from Paris and took an Air France flight instead. No disruptions. They arrived in London safely. Now, let's hope the other set of friends have flown off from New York City despite the snow storm and are safely mid-air on a Singapore Airlines plane.

Look what princely gift the friends brought us. Boxes and boxes of delightful macarons from Pierre Hermé. Before I could take a proper photo, the man swooped in to steal the truffle macaron. It's sweet, nutty and exquisite all at once. One doesn't usually associate truffles in a macaron. But it works! Truffles!

The man has decided that he favors Pierre Hermé over Ladurée simply because the former is 'crunchier'. Importantly, macarons from Pierre Hermé aren't as sweet as those from Ladurée; so the flavors come out stronger. While I don't mind trying other flavors (the blueberry-chocolate combination works great), I'm really fond of the rose. MmmmMMMmmmm. I can now tell what makes a good rose macaron. :)