Ladurée London Chic
Upscale Macarons in Covent Garden
Though Paris in my mind has the monopoly of all things macarons, Covent Garden is runner-up. Naturally they should, considering the Ladurée shop nestled into the corner of Covent Garden’s main market is from Paris itself. In, by the way, what I consider a perfect location for a mid-afternoon treat. I have yet to eat there in a sit-down setting, but I have bought one or two macarons when I wanted to treat myself. The store is stunningly beautiful, the macarons look like little clouds made in heaven. You go in, after possibly a queue, but not necessarily, and pick out which of the flavours you want.
I can never completely wrap my head around macarons or their multitude of flavours. It just seems impossible that a tiny pastry can even hold such accurate flavour. I must have watched dozens of baking videos on how they are created, and, honestly, they are both incredibly difficult but very time consuming. Macarons, therefore, hold my seal of approval when I buy anything: I can’t or won’t be doing this at home. Particularly because the difference in effort (and taste, I’m sure) between going to a staple like Ladurée is that rather than bake a multitude of one flavour, you can go in and choose from many. If you eat them outside, you have the beautiful area to take in – a wander through the market, pop into their wondrous stores, or, even, enjoy an entertaining moment with the street performances that are conducted in the space next to Ladurée itself. I like to take the tiniest bites from them, as it doesn’t diminish any flavour and lets me savour them for a while.
To all my readers who didn’t know that macarons and macaroons are actually two vastly different treats, I suggest you make a stop at Ladurée. Macarons are tiny, well, burger-shaped desserts that come in a variety of pastel colours and so many flavours you’d think that they were ice cream.
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