My favourite SWEET-macaroons!....then comes Merenda and then...Nutella...
Laduree is legendary famous for its macaroons — small, round cakes that are crispy on the outside and soft and creamy on the inside. And they come in some of the most unlikely flavors: licorice, rose petal, blackcurrant and coconut, as well as more typical ones such as coffee, white and dark chocolate, and pistachio. The bakery also regularly introduces new flavors: Some recent specials were grenadine and lily of the valley!!! yummy yummy!
Ladurée began as a bakery in 1862 on the Rue Royale. With time, it evolved into a tea salon, patisserie, restaurant and ice cream parlor. The fame of the brand has led to more salons opening in Paris — on the Champs Elysées and in St. Germain — and in Monaco and London.
Even Hollywood's gotten into the act. You can watch Kirsten Dunst nibble on Ladurée sweets in Sofia Coppola's film Marie Antoinette.
But you don't need to be a queen to enjoy Ladurée. Just being in the salon itself, having snooty waiters see to your every need, the fine china and the feeling of being so very special is what brings me back to Ladurée every time — that, and the dessert menu.
Ladurée Royale — 16, rue Royale, 75008 Paris, France. Telephone: 33 1 42 60 21 79. Web site: http://www.laduree.fr/
1 comment:
Ur blog is so fun and beautiful!! I'm dying to go to Laduree in Paris! I had my first macaroons at 'Sucre' in New Orleans-but I feel the need to worship at the macaroon temple!! Would it be alright for me to put a couple of ur pics(breakfast and one from laduree) on my blog for 'things that I would dream of doing on Valentine's day'?!
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