Pierre Hermé Renowned Macarons
I seem to just have no luck in trying the world-renown macarons. 
Two years back, I wasn’t interested in tasting gourmet food and pastries when I visited Paris and other regions of France. Truth is, I was more interested in shopping and sightseeing then.
Two months ago, I didn’t have the time to search for the Pierre Hermé outlets in Tokyo when I was holidaying. Truth is, I was still more interested in shopping. 
Hence, when one of my several colleagues working onsite in Japan asked me casually if I wanted to get anything from Tokyo, I jumped at the opportunity and told him yes, if possible, I would like to get some Pierre Hermé macarons.
I meant it as a casual remark actually, but my colleague actually took me very seriously and went searching for one of the outlets in Tokyo. He returned to the office empty-handed though (well, not exactly empty-handed, but definitely without macarons) because the sales staff at Pierre Hermé told him that the macarons had to be consumed within two hours of buying them. So… he bought some and tasted them himself. “Heavenly,” I believed he said, or something to that effect.
In a bid to make me feel better, he attached this picture in an email to me a couple of days back.
Did the picture serve its purpose? Just in case my well-meaning colleague reads my baking blog, I guess I have to say yes. 
Although I didn’t get to taste the macarons eventually, I am genuinely touched by the kind gesture. Thanks CH!
OMG!!! pierre herme is my idol! another must-try are the ones in laduree. btw, why not try making them yourself? i made them and i succeeded on my 2nd attempt :p juz in case if you’re interested, the pics are here :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bossacafez/
obviously, i wanna try the ones from pierre herme too. so shd u, if you ever go to tokyo or france again haha. anyway if im not wrong, there’s this place called isetan shinjuku @ tokyo which has a pierre herme outlet. saw someone from flickr who always post pics of the macs & other stuffs she bought from this isetan outlet. pierre herme is also famous for his ispahan, two big rose flavored macarons sandwiched in between raspberries & a lychee.
Yes! The outlet in Isetan Shinjuku was the one I intended to visit while in Japan in February, but my sister and mum were not adventurous enough to venture out.
I have my reservations about baking macarons myself because I’ve read about J’s many failed attempts at baking macarons before she succeeded. Since I don’t think I’m in her league in terms of baking skills, I think I have to suffer defeat many more times than she does before I succeed myself.
but i succeeded leh. so i think its not that difficult. everyone’s different, at least if you give it a try u can also experience & enjoy the process mah. its fun to experiment with the different flavors too, once u get the basic macaron recipe right. i think the sense of satisfaction will be tremendous!
The biscuit like things are called Macarons? They sure look delicious! I never knew abt such nice stuffs in Japan! Next time i must go look for them! I had some similar looking “biscuits” on my HB’s birthday cake, wonder if they are macarons too?