the mythical raspberry and lychee macaron has thus far eluded me at adriano zumbo patissier. however, when i went by the other day, there was another new flavour to herald the occasion of good food month.
[ i don’t know about you, but i actually do try to avoid bad food during the other eleven months of the year. ]
it was a plump and moist coconut macaron, and although it was told to me, i don’t recall what the green stuff was. it did have a somewhat lemongrassy taste though, which i guess makes sense?
because it was there, i also could not say no to a rice pudding macaron, and because it was an enormous beast, i had to ask the countergirl about the big brown one lurking in the corner of the display cabinet, somewhere between the macarons and the truffles.
“it’s chocolate macaron biscuits,” she said, “and in between there is chocolate marshmallow and chocolate hazelnut cream.” plus, you will notice, it is dusted in cocoa and the edges are rimmed in chocolate.
i brought it home, this chocolate monster, and made it friends with the other chocolate monster that lives inside of me. much happiness ensued.
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Sadly, the raspberry and lychee macaron is mythical.
But there is a rose and lychee macaron doing the rounds this month. 😉
Hello, Meiying!
The chocolate monster looks like it took ages to make…and but a moment to devour!
Guess what…well, you probably already guessed it already…my pavlova FLOPPED. It went totally concave. I was so sad. I think that you would have figured it out, because you are a clever foodie and I am a silly billy who over-beat the damn thing.
Love Carla
thank you, little birdie. i *thought* i remembered the countergirl had said, “rose”. sigh, one or the other, still elusive and mythical. perhaps when i finally track one down it would have evolved into a triple whammy ispahan. where do you fly in from, mysterious birdie? are you a carrier pigeon from zumbo corp? 🙂
carla! sadness! i really did think your pav would come through. i think i overbeat one once, but just smothered it in twice its height of whipped cream and mangoes, and it was fine.
It’s not a mythical macaron, it’s not *stamps foot*. Unless… they told me the wrong thing and it’s been rose and lychee all along? But no, it’s too raspberry in colour…*scratches head*