{"id":11008,"date":"2025-01-07T02:56:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T02:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/ive-got-fairly-important-question-macaroons\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:35:00","slug":"ive-got-fairly-important-question-macaroons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/ive-got-fairly-important-question-macaroons\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve Got A Fairly Important-ish Question About Macarons&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, macarons&#8230; These colourful (and apparently) tasty delights are a French treat famous the world over but I&#8217;ve gotta ask, are they really all they&#8217;re hyped up to be?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never really understood the appeal of macarons, I&#8217;ve had them in the past and while they&#8217;re okay, they&#8217;re never like &#8220;<em>Oh my gosh, I can&#8217;t stop eating them!!!<\/em>&#8220;. I&#8217;ve found them quite forgettable to be honest. I think they&#8217;re kinda over-rated and I feel like they&#8217;re liked mostly because they&#8217;re expensive (and colour &#8211; hence a beauty to photograph for facebook and instagram) but not because they&#8217;re particularly great treats.<\/p>\n<p>Coming from me, I feel like this is saying a lot as I&#8217;ve got a serious sweet tooth. And not in the way, people say that and are then sensible about their sugar intake. I have been known to suck on sugar cubes when I was younger (yes, kinda like the way you&#8217;d give a horse sugar cubes). My favourite type of wine is sweet. Not Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio or Merlot. Just sweet. My favourite item on the menu is dessert. On weekends in Paris, I&#8217;ve had creme brulee and wine for dinner (on more than one occasion). Needless to say, when it comes to sweet stuff, I&#8217;m a huge fan!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had macarons in the UK and maybe where I&#8217;m going wrong is that despite being in Paris on multiple occasions, I&#8217;ve never tried any macarons from La Duree. I typically walk past the shop and never feel inclined to pop in. Maybe if I did, I would change my mind? I don&#8217;t know. I doubt it as I don&#8217;t think you need to go to Belgium to appreciate good Belgian chocolate (or a good Belgian waffle for that matter) but this is where I&#8217;d like your thoughts on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>My question for you is, what do you think of macarons? Are they really <strong><em>that <\/em><\/strong>great? Will a trip to La Duree make me a macarons convert?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloglovin.com\/blog\/4289795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7192\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ladureeover-Copy.png?resize=1000%2C766&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"I\" width=\"1000\" height=\"766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ladureeover-Copy.png?w=1107&amp;ssl=1 1107w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ladureeover-Copy.png?resize=450%2C345&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ladureeover-Copy.png?resize=1024%2C784&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ladureeover-Copy.png?resize=940%2C720&amp;ssl=1 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloglovin.com\/blog\/4289795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7191\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2009_10_30_macarons_laduree-Copy.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"I\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2009_10_30_macarons_laduree-Copy.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2009_10_30_macarons_laduree-Copy.jpg?resize=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2009_10_30_macarons_laduree-Copy.jpg?resize=800%2C533&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2009_10_30_macarons_laduree-Copy.jpg?resize=1280%2C853&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2009_10_30_macarons_laduree-Copy.jpg?resize=320%2C213&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2009_10_30_macarons_laduree-Copy.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2009_10_30_macarons_laduree-Copy.jpg?resize=1160%2C773&amp;ssl=1 1160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2009_10_30_macarons_laduree-Copy.jpg?resize=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2009_10_30_macarons_laduree-Copy.jpg?resize=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2009_10_30_macarons_laduree-Copy.jpg?resize=1120%2C746&amp;ssl=1 1120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2009_10_30_macarons_laduree-Copy.jpg?resize=1600%2C1066&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2009_10_30_macarons_laduree-Copy.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2009_10_30_macarons_laduree-Copy.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2009_10_30_macarons_laduree-Copy.jpg?resize=940%2C627&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2009_10_30_macarons_laduree-Copy.jpg?resize=440%2C294&amp;ssl=1 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Images <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rue89.nouvelobs.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yvettemeijer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, macarons&#8230; These colourful (and apparently) tasty delights are a French treat famous the world over but I&#8217;ve gotta ask, are they really all they&#8217;re hyped up to be? I&#8217;ve never really understood the appeal of macarons, I&#8217;ve had them in the past and while they&#8217;re okay, they&#8217;re never like &#8220;Oh my gosh, I can&#8217;t &hellip; Continue Reading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[852,40,396],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-travel","category-travel-journal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}