I was around cwb area and wanted to satisfy my macaron cravings so decided to give Fauchon a try. I had the praline chocolate and chocolate (obviously I love chocolate). I picked the praline one because of the shiny shimmery coating on top of the macaron. I thought that was interesting. My first thought on both of the macarons r just very crunchy compared to other shops. Also the texture isn't as smooth, so u can feel the small grinded up pieces of almonds. Both of the flavors weren't very memor
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I was around cwb area and wanted to satisfy my macaron cravings so decided to give Fauchon a try. I had the praline chocolate and chocolate (obviously I love chocolate). I picked the praline one because of the shiny shimmery coating on top of the macaron. I thought that was interesting. My first thought on both of the macarons r just very crunchy compared to other shops. Also the texture isn't as smooth, so u can feel the small grinded up pieces of almonds. Both of the flavors weren't very memorable. Just mediocre and very typical as to how it's supposed to taste. I probably wouldn't spend $22 on the macarons from here again.
Tried Fauchon in Paris last year and although they weren't overly impressive - they were actually still above average. The HK Airport stall which I have tried were also decent.Come the CWB Jasons Place Fauchon - at the beginning all friends were saying the Macarons are unfresh and crunchy!! I waited a few months before trying it recently and sorry to say.... They were really dry and hard. On the positive side the Pistachio one had a good toasty pistachio taste. Salted Caramel was a littl
Tried Fauchon in Paris last year and although they weren't overly impressive - they were actually still above average.
The HK Airport stall which I have tried were also decent.
Come the CWB Jasons Place Fauchon - at the beginning all friends were saying the Macarons are unfresh and crunchy!! I waited a few months before trying it recently and sorry to say.... They were really dry and hard.
On the positive side the Pistachio one had a good toasty pistachio taste. Salted Caramel was a little too subtle.
I was glad when this shop opened but they mostly sold macarons which was slightly disappointing because in other countries they have a cafe too serving beautiful eclairs.Although I was bored of Macarons I still tried it anyway because there are macaron stores everywhere these days and it is not a delicacy anymore especially when they have macaron classes and everyone can make their own.★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★Pistachio macaron:In the end I chose Pistachio. I was pleased the staff actually knew wh
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I was glad when this shop opened but they mostly sold macarons which was slightly disappointing because in other countries they have a cafe too serving beautiful eclairs.
Although I was bored of Macarons I still tried it anyway because there are macaron stores everywhere these days and it is not a delicacy anymore especially when they have macaron classes and everyone can make their own.
In the end I chose Pistachio. I was pleased the staff actually knew which ones were the sweetest and which one was the least sweetest. I was tempted to try the lemon but it was risky because i do not like artificial lemon flavours.
The pistachio was delicious and fragrant too! It literally melts in your melt into liquid! The sweetness was just right. ★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
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[b]Price:[/b] $22
[b]Service:[/b] Good and they knew about their products
[b]Yummy factor:[/b] ok
[b]Sweetness levels:[/b] just right
[b]English Menu:[/b] Yes
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As a macaron lover,I am always excited to try out new macarons. Personally, I like macarons from Paul Lafayet the most. They offer many favours that other shops don't have. e.g. Sesame, Jasmine, Rose etc. They even have a giant macaron and macaron birthday cake. ( I've tried both, both are very very nice and delicious~ ) Besides Paul Lafayet, I also like the one from Jean Paul Hevin which offers a really strong chocolate taste, not matter what the favour is. Today I went to B2/F Jason of Hysan
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As a macaron lover,I am always excited to try out new macarons. Personally, I like macarons from Paul Lafayet the most. They offer many favours that other shops don't have. e.g. Sesame, Jasmine, Rose etc. They even have a giant macaron and macaron birthday cake. ( I've tried both, both are very very nice and delicious~ ) Besides Paul Lafayet, I also like the one from Jean Paul Hevin which offers a really strong chocolate taste, not matter what the favour is.
Today I went to B2/F Jason of Hysan Place aiming to buy sushi for my lunch. But was immediately attracted by the maracons in refrigrator next to Urban Living Bakery. $188 a box / 8 pieces. That's not cheap for macarons that stored in refrigerator. (Personally, I always think that those freeze macarons are undoubtly inferior to those that sold at shops.) I definitly won't prefer to buy those freezed one with similar price. unless it is quite cheap or I am so craving for macarons at that moment)
Besides macarons, you can find a variety of products inside the Fauchon session such as tea leafs, (gift boxes too), jam, chocolate bar, chocolates etc. None of them are of low prices. I think the most cheapest can be found in counter. The cheapest: one piece of macarons ($22) and the 2nd cheapest a mini bar of chocolate (smaller than an iPhone) ($58).
When I walked pass by the urban bakery living, I was so excited to see a Fauchon counter serving fresh macaron. Oh my god. I must give it a try. I bought 2 macarons:
(1) Pistachio: my all time favourite ingredients for all desserts. Taste doesn't impress me a lot. Only a light taste of pistachio.
(2) Hazalnut with nuts: all I can taste is the hazalnut filling at the centre of the maracon. Nuts are on the surface of the macaron??? Doesn't impress me a lot too. But it tastes not bad anyway, as I think Hazalnut just simply can't taste too bad...
Overall comment: The crust of the macaron is super crispy. (Like biscuit ) I am a macaron lover, but not a macaron expert. I don't know what a good macaron supposed to be. But what I can say is personally, I don't like a macaron with a crispy biscuit-like crust. I prefer those maracon crust with some moist, while a bit crispy. Kind of stick to your mouth when you eat it rather than those that are so crispy that will break up instantly after you bite it. Taste doesn't impress me a lot either.
Will try other macaron favours next time and give her a second chance. Besides, I was also attracted by her rose jam. ($98 a small bottle), I hope it is a cheaper version of Mandarin Oriental's one. (save my pocket & also more convenient for me to buy! )
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For most macarons I bought before, they usually use a small transparent plastic bag to pack them. I think this is the only time that a paper bag is used. In fact, it's not a problem at all. But I just think it's not so usual when i was holding a paper bag with macarons inside....(Haha! just my own feeling...) And the paper bag is not good looking too. hahahah!! (Sorry that I am a kind of person that eats (buy) the package)
這間法國蛋糕店老字號坐擁126年歷史，兼售茶葉、果醬、巧克力等各種傳統高檔食品。數月前曾在杜拜一嚐她的焦糖Eclair，質感非常軟滑卻略甜膩，但非常欣賞其cafe時尚而不顯俗氣廉價的風格。近日得知希慎廣場將帶來她的第一間香港分店時，霎時非常興奮。遺憾是她只會販賣macaron、巧克力，和自家品牌的高檔雜貨，而不是預期中黑與粉紅相間的低調奢華cafe，連精巧的蛋糕也欠奉…依舊，作為瘋狂macaron粉絲，忍不住要把全部八款味道帶回家細細品嘗。Fauchon 的禮盒設計可愛，送禮的大好選擇，我也不忘趁機買下送給自己。$22一粒的價錢可不便宜，這價位上的對手恐怕就只有 Laduree, Pierre Hermes, Jean-Paul Hevin, La Maison du Chocolat 此等高手的出品了。味道依序是開心果、紅莓，香草，咖啡、榛子、巧克力、焦糖、檸檬。残念ですね …. 比較起來，Fauchon的macaron還是略遜一籌，比不上以上幾位同為法國絕頂甜品店的出品。開心果很失望呢！ 法國，意大利非常盛行開心果味道的甜品和Gelato，我當然期望這法國老店的製作會是充滿濃濃果仁
依舊，作為瘋狂macaron粉絲，忍不住要把全部八款味道帶回家細細品嘗。Fauchon 的禮盒設計可愛，送禮的大好選擇，我也不忘趁機買下送給自己。 $22一粒的價錢可不便宜，這價位上的對手恐怕就只有 Laduree, Pierre Hermes, Jean-Paul Hevin, La Maison du Chocolat 此等高手的出品了。
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