Lindt macarons vs Adriano Zumbo macarons

28 May 2008, 23:55

For me, the macaron craze started with roboppy, the girl with crazy descriptions and drool inducing pics that make me want to travel the world in search of the perfect macaron and so i bring to you the best macarons in sydney! For the record a macaron consists of a filling – sandwiched between two delicate meringue-like cookies. Macaroons are a more dense cookie most commonly made with coconut. I don’t care what Masterchef says! Pronounce it maca-rawn! And so in the first corner of fight club (the third rule of fight club is) we have Lindt:

Ah shiny pretty packaging you must be the reason why everything at Lindt is so expensive!

My babies!!! Look at them all nestled and safe in that there box (minus 2 cos i wanted a nibble and a nibble turned into chomps) hee aren’t they pretty? Pastel coloured hues of deliciousness! The macarons at Lindt are called Delice and are $1.95 each and cost 5c more if you dine in…

ah the piled macarons shot! Top row flavours: chocolate, strawberry, lime & ginger. bottom row: pistachio, lemon, champagne. There were a coupla flavours i didnt buy like the dark chocolate and i think there was coffee? eh my memory is sooo awesome bah. Out of the flavours i bought i would say my favourite macaron was the strawberry followed closely by the lemon which surprised me because usually i hate anything fruit flavoured and it was by chance that i bought 5 strawberry macarons because i thought they looked pretty… the passionfruit macaron is not in this foto because i was so angry that they ruined the perfect passsionfruit flavour by sandwiching passionfruit with chocolate ganache! i couldnt taste the passionfruit at all because the chocolate overpowered it. i wasnt a fan of champagne or the pistachio (not pistachio-y enough) but i will be back for more strawberry and lemon mmm

And finally in the right corner of fight club (you have to fight at fight club) we have Adriano Zumbo (296 Darling Street, Balmain). This patisserier has caused quite a stir on the food blogosphere and i have been evilly plotting what markets are on which weekends to fulfil my cake starved stomach and finally at long last!

The macarons they are so very pretty, if slightly random shaped and a whole 15c cheaper than Lindt! The 4 flavours available were chocolate, passionfruit, mandarin and mint. The chocolate macaron the boy announced before depositing in my hand was too much like a brownie. i didnt argue as i saw more macarons in my future and hey i love brownies! The mint im afraid i wasnt too keen on for it wasnt quite as minty as i had hoped, not the artificial toothpaste minty which i hate, but a darker slight bitter mint. The mandarin flavour was very strong almost too strong but the passionfruit ah how it made me close my eyes for just a second to savour the unusual delicious pairing with yoghurt before reaching for a second and a third!

Wheely good ($6.50). And it is laughed the countergirl. It’s gluten free the boy scoffed but i ignored him for i was drawn to this quirkily shaped cake. Maybe because it was round? Or maybe because of the macadamias and pistachios embedded in the white chocolate? Or the tiny chunks of sweet apricots and apples hidden within the layers of the pistachio dacquoise. Whatever it was i know i shall make the trek and return for this cake alone as my stomach didnt receive its fair portion when the boy kept sneaking crumbs off the plate!

Piste as she goes ($7.50). hee how can one not laugh at such a name! And look at the craftmanship of such a cake all those layers of effort and rice crispies sandwiched in between like a vein of gold hidden under topsoil Layers of chocolate mousse, cinnamon ganache and pistachio mousse.

But ah who wins the battle? The cakes at adriano zumbo have definitely won me over (lindt are a bit too heavy handed on the sugar) as for the macarons i guess ill need to do a lil more taste testing! i was saddened to see no tomato macaron but maybe next time there will be a new crazy flavour to try mmm i cant wait!

I was at a cake class over the weekend and someone commented that Zumbo macaroons are nice, but very uneven looking.

My friend who is in charge of pastries at Lindt should be quite pleased to hear what you had to say about her macaroons.

(… “the passionfruit macaron is not in this foto because i was so angry that they ruined the perfect passsionfruit flavour by sandwiching passionfruit with chocolate ganache” … )
Hahahaha!! What did you do to it? Throw it against the wall? ;)
— Y May 20, 09:37 AM #
hmmmm sugar….
— noods May 20, 11:30 AM #
My favourite macaron of all is Lindt’s gianduja. I was a little disappointed there were no chocolate ones at Zumbo when I went. I had a wonderful white chocolate ÃƒÂ©clair at Lindt, it was amazing!
— Lisa May 20, 01:08 PM #
My favourite flavour is the lemon macaron from Lindt. If I can say I prefer the Lindt macarons to Zumbo ones slightly (they have more filling) but Zumbo cakes beat every other cake out there lol. However I agree we had the ginger and lime macaron which was ruined by the really bitter dark chocolate filling which obliterated all other flavours :(
— Lorraine E May 20, 02:04 PM #
Hi There all you pastry fanatics, good to listen to people who admire patisserie, this is Adriano,
just to inform you that we hand pipe our macarons, and lindts are machine piped, thanks for all the great support all you bloggers are giving me, eat sweet and keep baking. cheers Adriano Zumbo
— Adriano Zumbo May 20, 06:25 PM #
THE adriano zumbo? 0_0 hello… im still dreaming about the wheely good oh my so delicious! um and on behalf of us food bloggers we’d like to ask if youd be updating your website? if ya need any photos taken id be more than happy to help!
— chocolatesuze May 20, 08:43 PM #
y: oh i still ate it! i shouldve just pulled apart the chocolate hey? ooh and does your friend do classes? man i have such failures making macarons
noods: yes you were a tad hyper lol
lisa: a white chocolate eclair? mmm i tried lindt icecream ohhh so rich and sinful
lorraine: heh thats cos we love all things lemon dude! and i agree i think ill be following your lead on the multiple bday cakes from zumbo!
— chocolatesuze May 20, 08:46 PM #
for me, nothing i have tried comes even close to these macaroons http://www.laduree.fr/public_en/produits/macarons_accueil.htm
i even paid double the price to get them again at harrods (flown daily from paris) and bring back to oz for my parents!
— Baz May 20, 11:36 PM #
baz: yeah well noods wont take me to france just yet lol its strange that laduree calls them macaroons when every other patisserie in france call them macarons cos i always thought macaroons were the coconut covered ones?
— chocolatesuze May 20, 11:50 PM #
Oh Suze…had to add you. Just made macaroons today for the first time…not happy yet, but yours are GORGEOUS! I’m inspired!
— Tenina May 21, 06:49 PM #
pssccht – i think the lindt ones look positively diseased! but this is probably because i used to be a zumbo countergirl and still think his macaroons are the best!
— sonya May 21, 08:23 PM #
tenina: sadly i didnt make those macarons they were bought from lindt and adriano zumbo because i create such epic fail whenever i attempt to make macarons!
sonya: hehe so maybe a lil biased? what cake should i try this weekend you reckon?
— chocolatesuze May 21, 09:52 PM #
So glad you made it to Zumbo. And welcome to the Zumbo photographers’ club – your pics are lovely!
— belle May 23, 08:27 PM #
By the way, I find it hard to believe your stomach might be in any way cake starved, on any given day of the week ;P
— Y May 29, 12:29 AM #
belle: heh thanks dude! im glad to finally have made it!
y: heh becos theres no such thing as too much cake only not enough cake lol
— chocolatesuze May 29, 11:20 AM #
Hmmm… seems I need to make a visit to Sydney.
— Duncan | Syrup&Tang Jun 5, 12:50 AM #
I think the best macarons in Sydney are at the new Belle Fleur chocolate shop on Parramatta Road in Petersham – you park in Palace St. Only a few flavours, but I prefer them to Zumbos which in turn I prefer to Lindt.
— Peter Gill Feb 15, 01:18 AM #
Hi chocoholics, I went to the Renaissance yesterday, a french patisserie in the Rocks and they have THE BEST MACARONS ever tasted !!! Even better than the one from Pierre Herme in Paris. You order some of these delicious macarons (olive oil-vanilla is my favorite) and eat them in the courtyard with a nice coffee and I’m pretty sure you’ll think: it’s heaven !!
— nioukoufette Aug 14, 07:59 AM #

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