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Posted in Macarons, Melbourne - East on Mar 1st, 2010
Regular readers will be aware that since this blog’s inception I have been on a quest to find a great macaron in Melbourne. Thus far, it has been reasonably unsuccessful and the general vibe of my macaron reviews has been disappointment and as some have put it, negativity. All of this from a person who has [...]
Posted in Macarons, Reviews, Victoria - Country on Feb 11th, 2010
I spent a fair chunk of my childhood in the little coastal town of Wye River, on the Great Ocean Road about 30 minutes past Lorne. Back in the day it was a sleepy hollow, with a run-down little store, the Rookery Nook hotel (replete with sticky carpet and arcade games) and the pinball parlour [...]
Posted in Macarons, Melbourne - North on Jan 7th, 2010
A new little cafe/store recently opened in the back streets of Collingwood. I kept walking past the place when it was closed and was a little intrigued. Unfortunately my ‘research’ (google) advised me that the store was in fact a new concept store for stationer Cristina Re – the store is called “where a girl goes” [...]
Posted in Macarons, Melbourne CBD, Reviews on Dec 24th, 2009
I recently read about Baker D Chirico’s pop up store and very excitedly headed there for a macaron hit. The macarons at Baker D Chirico had been recommended to me, but unfortunately, being the insular Northsider that I am, I rarely make it over to St Kilda. Baker D Chirico’s pop up store is right near my [...]
Posted in Macarons, Melbourne - East on Dec 18th, 2009
I arrived at work the other day to find a little surprise from my workmate S. An avid reader of the blog, she spied some macarons at Chimmys and brought them in for me. I have previously tried Chimmy’s macarons and was pleasantly surprised. Unfortunately, these two weren’t as good. As you can see from [...]
Posted in Macarons, Melbourne - North on Dec 15th, 2009
On the weekend, fate brought me to a macaron. I had been finishing up my Christmas shopping (yes!) in Brunswick St and was heading home to Collingwood laden with parcels, walking in a light drizzle. A red light prevented me from crossing Johnston so I decided to turn right from Brunswick St and found myself [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Cafes, Melbourne - East, Review: cafes on Nov 30th, 2009
On Tuesday, it was frequented by the “glitterati” (which I am always dubious about in Melbourne – are we talking a couple of footballers and a weather girl?) by Saturday morning there were more staff than patrons and about half the patrons were under 5. Welcome to Cafe Vue at Heide! I was keen to [...]
Posted in Macarons, Melbourne CBD on Nov 12th, 2009
There has been a lot of macaron testing lately. Tasting Cafe Vue’s macaron was due to my lovely friend (and reader!) CC who noticed the macarons on offer when she bought her morning coffee and picked a couple up for me as a surprise. Purchasing the macarons she was confused when asked “what colour do you want?”, replying err “brown [...]
Posted in Macarons, Melbourne CBD on Nov 9th, 2009
Lindt’s champagne macaron and strawberry macaron So on the macaron trail I found myself at Lindt’s (relatively) new chocolate cafe in Collins Street. I side-stepped the display case filled with chocolatey goodness, headed up a couple of stairs and found myself in front of the macaron (or as they call them “delice”) counter. Lindt had [...]
