Pierre Hermé Holiday Macarons

Dinner time came and fairy-macaron-mother, auntie Babie, surprised me again with a box of Pierre Hermé macarons - Christmas edition!!! (Damnit I will get fat, but it's all woooooorthit!!!)

PIERRE HERMÉ MACARONS

Red and white...... Traces of Santa???

TRUFFE BLANCHE & NOISETTE

White Truffle & Roasted Piedmont Hazelnut Slivers

"Using the finest Alba white truffle, this macaron showcases two exceptional products from Piedmont. For novices, it represents an initiation to the white truffle. For connoisseurs, it is a new gourmet discovery." - **These are only available during the winter season!

At first I thought these were Jasmine macarons (with the same shell design and all), so I was pretty excited! But then they weren't, and I was let down... until I sniffed it. (sniffed, LOL)

I love truffle. Truffle pasta, truffle chocolates, ham with white truffle honey..

...but truffle macarons, ohgod it was just.... mind-expanding mind-blowing MIND-EXPLODING!

CHOCOLAT & FOIE GRAS

Chocolate & Foie Gras

and Here's Pierre Hermé speaking about his Chocolat & Foie Gras macaron!! It's so different because I didn't think chocolate and foie gras would blend in a good way. But it did and I wish I could share these with my sister but she's in Beijing. :( I know that she'd really love these as much as I do!

I told you Santa was behind all of this........

Thank you once again, Auntie Babie!! :)

MERRY CHRISTMACARONS TO EVERYONE!!!!!!

Click below for my previous Pierre Hermé posts!

Pierre Hermé Macarons I

Pierre Hermé Macarons II 

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KATHLEEN'S MACARON CRITERIA:

Shell 10/10

It should be smooth and delicate, slightly crispy but not crunchy- fragile like eggshells, it should also be somehow flat and not dome-shaped with no air bubbles nor air pockets. Technically, excessive coloring is a no-no.

Filling & Flavor 9/10

F&F should be smooth, light and distinctly flavorful. It shouldn't be too sweet or sour as well. Melt in the mouth texture is also a plus!

Aesthetics 10/10 

Shape and size of the macaron, feet and filling ratio (some people like thick fillings, some people don't. In my case, I do. Don't you get sad when it's just you know... Flat?)

Value 10/10

We all know that macarons aren't easy to do, (and maybe there are even more guidelines that I've yet to read about) so you're technically paying for the labor of the macaron maker. Accept it, pay, then judge if it was worth the money you paid with. 

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PIERRE HERMÉ

Shop 2410, Level 2, Gateway Arcade,

Harbour City, 17 Canton Road,

Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

尖沙咀廣東道17號海港城港威商場2樓2410號舖

Tel: 2155 3866

Hours: Mon-Sun: 10:00am-10:00pm

Ladurée Macarons

It's Christmas! It's Christmas! And I woke up to this on Christmas day!

Three pink boxes of Ladurée macarons from the fairy-macaron-mother, auntie Babie.

And yes I squealed again!

I think this was a premonition that this is going to be

A.

Great.

Christmas.

Day!!!!!

LADURÉE MACARONS

"The story of the Ladurée macaron starts in the middle of the 20th century with Pierre Desfontaines, who first thought of taking two macaron shells and joining them with a delicious ganache filling. Since this time, the recipe did not change. -The history of the Ladurée macarons"

..and I'm starting to think all Pierres are good in making macarons. JK heheh

I just had to arrange them by shade because they're so cute and colorfuuuul!

Yup, it's definitely going to be an extremely fat Christmas for me!

Perfect pastel colors for those delicate looking works of art

PINK PEPPER

Grey macaron shells filled with light cream infused with pink pepper

Colors are def my type, but not the flavor. Heheh

CHOCOLATE COCO

Chocolate with Coco Marshmallow

At first I actually thought this was S'mores. Lol well, the filling was marshmallow, who would've thought? This one was the chewiest among the rest! My little brother loved it too much he grabbed it from me. >_>

CARAMEL A LA FLEUR DE SOL

Caramel with Salted Butter

I said I hated caramel macarons but I think this actually changed my mind. I love the sticky salted caramel filling, and the strength of the flavour.

MELON

Melon

I really thought the flavour of this was orange... I'm a failure.

CAFE

Coffee

I love how the coffee flavor was just a hint - or atleast it wasn't strong in the sense that I feel like I'm drinking a cup of coffee in the morning.

GINGERBREAD

Spiced macaron shells filled with smooth cream flavoured with spices, honey and marmalade.

I love gingerbread. And damn I ate Christmas on Christmas day! I had to leave this one out so I could eat it last. Hello Christmas spirit!!!

CHOCOLAT

Chocolate

This was def mom's favorite. It was chewy and thick and I love the quality of the dark chocolate ganache. Mmmm chocolate :)

CITRON

Lemon

Lemon shmellon, it was good. I don't like citrusy food though.

VANILLE

Vanilla

I have nothing to say to Vanilla.

PETALE DE ROSE

Rose petal

This was one of my favorites in this batch (next to gingerbread), though I feel like it was too sweet (as compared to the rose macarons of other brands) nevertheless, it was fragrant and I love it.

FRAMBOISE

Raspberry

I still don't like raspberry, but it was ok!

I really don't know what this was. Strawberry, maybe? It tasted like candy. Mrrrp damnit.

Ladu - Ladurée, we like to par-tea!

(In the tune of Miley Cyrus' We Can't Stop ...no?)

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KATHLEEN'S MACARON CRITERIA:

Shell 10/10

It should be smooth and delicate, slightly crispy but not crunchy- fragile like eggshells, it should also be somehow flat and not dome-shaped with no air bubbles nor air pockets. Technically, excessive coloring is a no-no.

Filling & Flavor 7/10

F&F should be smooth, light and distinctly flavorful. It shouldn't be too sweet or sour as well. Melt in the mouth texture is also a plus! (I feel like it was too sweeeeet)

Aesthetics 9/10 

Shape and size of the macaron, feet and filling ratio 

Value 8/10

We all know that macarons aren't easy to do, (and maybe there are even more guidelines that I've yet to read about) so you're technically paying for the labor of the macaron maker. Accept it, pay, then judge if it was worth the money you paid with. (I know I didn't pay for these ones but yup I think they were worth the price, though why muST MACARONS BE SOOO EXPENSIVE?!?! :(( )

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LADURÉE

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361 Orchard Road, Singapore, Singapore 238872

Tel: 6884 7361

Pierre Hermé Macarons II

So.. I bought his book

and got his macarons...

x2 actually.... he he he

PIERRE HERMÉ MACARONS

Thank you fairy-macaron-mother, auntie Babie!!!!!! <3

check my previous post about Pierre Hermé's macarons for all the detail shiz here

INFINIMENT JASMIN

Jasmine Flower & Jasmine Tea 

Still my all-time favorite. Jasmine foreverrrrrrr!

INFINIMENT ROSE

Rose & Rose Petal

MOGADOR

Milk Chocolate & Passion Fruit 

 INFINIMENT CARAMEL

Salted-Butter Caramel

...I didn't get to take a picture of the bitten Caramel cause my little brother devoured it right away :(

INFINIMENT CHOCOLAT PÉROU 

 Pure Origin Peruvian Dark Chocolate, Morropon Province, Village of Asprobo

And again, Anton grabbed this from me after I took a picture of it. Boo!

 ISPAHAN

Rose, Litchi, Raspberry

ENVIE

Vanilla, Violet & Blackcurrant 

JARDIN MERVEILLEUX

Olive Oil with Mandarin Orange & Cucumber Water

CHOCOLATE & SMOKED SALT

and smoked it was!

*Some of the flavors above weren't written in his recipe book, so I just took a picture of the macarons with the first page as the background. Mehhh

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KATHLEEN'S MACARON CRITERIA:

Shell 10/10

It should be smooth and delicate, slightly crispy but not crunchy- fragile like eggshells, it should also be somehow flat and not dome-shaped with no air bubbles nor air pockets. Technically, excessive coloring is a no-no.

Filling & Flavor 9/10

F&F should be smooth, light and distinctly flavorful. It shouldn't be too sweet or sour as well. Melt in the mouth texture is also a plus!

Aesthetics 10/10 

Shape and size of the macaron, feet and filling ratio (some people like thick fillings, some people don't. In my case, I do. Don't you get sad when it's just you know... Flat?)

Value 10/10

We all know that macarons aren't easy to do, (and maybe there are even more guidelines that I've yet to read about) so you're technically paying for the labor of the macaron maker. Accept it, pay, then judge if it was worth the money you paid with.

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PIERRE HERMÉ

Shop 2410, Level 2, Gateway Arcade,

Harbour City, 17 Canton Road,

Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

尖沙咀廣東道17號海港城港威商場2樓2410號舖

Tel: 2155 3866

Hours: Mon-Sun: 10:00am-10:00pm