Hope everyone had a good, safe weekend since Hurricane Irene's visit. I headed out of town for a few days, but am back in NYC and the sun is shining on a beautiful, cool day. And even better about today: Ladurée has opened on Madison Avenue at last!
I saw the mention in the Times today and trotted up to Madison & 71st in these 5" heels. I reported on Twitter that they were 4", but then came back and measured, yikes!
We make macaroons here in the kitchen at the catering company I work for too. We start with almond flour.
And the pastry chef won't let me give away the recipe, but eventually you get a batter.
That is whipped up until it's light and fluffy.
And piped out and baked.
We pipe a lot of them!
Seriously, a lot...
There was a line of course at Ladurée, but I stuck it out.
And after some time I was in!
The shop is gorgeous: the soft colors, flowers, candles...
jams...
chocolates...
pretty boxes and ribbons...
ice creams and sorbets...
and of course, the macaroons!
Go visit soon, it's a very pretty, tasty trip:
Ladurée
864 Madison Avenue at 71st Street
open Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m., Saturday at 9:30 a.m.,
closes at 6:00 p.m. every day except Sunday
10 comments:
Thanks so much for sharing your visit! Laduree is lovely!
What a gorgeous shop! I'm glad you posted your photos so the rest of us can live vicariously. :)
Great macaron post Jennifer! I'll update the story and ad a link from here.
thanks so much, everyone. and thank you Niko for adding the link to your post!! happy eating :-)
Thank you for this wonderful post! I've read so many articles on Laduree's NYC opening and your post has been the most specific on whats inside the store! All the displays and everything!!! I felt like I was there!!! Thank you so much! Made my day!!:):):)
Okay, I just died looking at these photos. Died.
those macaroons look amazing. i may just visit the next time i'm out there. I love that I can take a train and be there in no time!
thanks so much, L.J. hope u get to visit one of their locations very soon :-)
Helen: crack me up, let's go there together sometime and revel in the macaroons, haha...
Small Burst: we must meet up if/when you do!
I STILL haven't made my way over there yet! I just remember eating them when my friend brought them from Paris. It was heavenly!
By the way, Parisan macarons are spelled with one o, which are vastly different from the Italian ones with two o's. :)
hey esther, thanks for stopping by. justin says you were at the nespresso event with him & i'm so glad we have that machine now, i use it all the time! i know about the macaron/macaroon spelling, just thought it would freak all the americans out with the 1 "o" haha...we did an event recently with a life-sized PANDA made out of ladurée macaroons...delicious!
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