Macaron Day at Adriano Zumbo, Balmain

18 December 2009, 09:17

So, it was Adriano Zumbo’s birthday on November 6th and to celebrate the whole patisserie declared a Macaron Day with a whopping 60 flavours available. I know I know I’m super SUPER late in posting this! Other posts from everyone: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here (hmm did I miss anyone?)


The queue at 8am. Yes we are eager foodbloggers and arrived super early to miss the queue!


The b’day boy arrives bearing boxes and boxes of macarons


The calm before the storm..


Attack!


Bowl of pop-rock macarons on a stick


My babies! We ended up queuing twice because in the first round some of the flavours hadn’t arrived yet. Flavours I got l-r t-b: burnt butter, popcorn, popcorn, carrot cake, french toast, marshmallow, peanut butter, salted chocolate, chocolate & salted caramel, maple syrup & bacon, nfi, doughnut, green tea, popcorn, cheeseburger, chocolate & praline.


Macarons in a stack. Popcorn is still my absolute favourite, the peanut butter was awesome and strangely I liked the cheeseburger tho it was a little smooshed on the trip home. Was not a fan of the marshmallow with its crazy springy filling and the maple syrup & bacon was interesting with the sweet maple filling studded with salty bacon bits


Halving the macarons to share with the mothership.


Oh hello innards shot!


And then I realised I missed a couple but luckily a quick call to Karen and I got my precious butter and toast macaron zomg so good I luuve butter!

1. Love the innard stack shot!

   So many good macarons, huh? :)

   — Simon    Dec 18, 10:12 AM    #
   
   

2. Love the round of macaron posts. So much link love :)

   And love the burnt toast and butter pic – you even got the butter pat in the middle in shot!

   — Helen (Grab Your Fork)    Dec 18, 12:13 PM    #
   
   

3. Hahaha! So many here, here, here, here and here!! So much MACAROON (SBS editor said so!) love. lol!

   — Ellie    Dec 18, 02:35 PM    #
   
   

4. I still can’t believe you were there that early!! I was going to skip it because I thought the crowds would be manic, but I went at around lunch and am glad I did! Didn’t take long at all, and almost 20 macarons (only shared a couple) later….ack! http://bit.ly/1XwK3E

   — aptronym    Dec 18, 03:30 PM    #
   
   

5. Hehe how good was that butter toast one? And I’m glad to be of service :D

   — Karen    Dec 18, 04:25 PM    #
   
   

6. Oohh great innards shots! The burnt toast and butter was goooddd mmmm

   — FFichiban    Dec 18, 06:42 PM    #
   
   

7. Love how they were all carefully cut in half – share the macaron lurrrrrve!

   — mademoiselle délicieuse    Dec 18, 07:15 PM    #
   
   

8. Ah, I remember that day – and I’m still recovering. I like how neatly your macarons are split for sharing!

   — Belle@OohLook    Dec 18, 11:07 PM    #
   
   

9. So disappointed I missed out! I’m so coming with you guys if it’s on again next year =D

   — Jacq    Dec 18, 11:50 PM    #
   
   

10. hahaha your macarons are naked

    — grace    Dec 19, 02:27 AM    #
    
    

11. My favourite would have to be the butter and burnt toast macaron! Can’t believe you got there so early! I must be macaron love!

    — Trissa    Dec 19, 06:38 AM    #
    
    

12. Can I just say, you did such a good job of cutting up those macarons without smashing them up! So purdy!

    — Steph    Dec 21, 11:05 AM    #
    
    

13. Heh you know what, for a second there I thought it was a second macaron day that I missed out on! :P

    — Y    Dec 21, 07:49 PM    #
    
    

14. simon: yeah they kept falling over when i was trying to stack them! managed to take that shot just before they collapsed lol
    helen: haha i feel so fail for being last to post about it!
    ellie: lol sbs editor missed one of the macarons!
    aptronym: mmm im glad i was peer pressured into going hehe
    karen: it was so full of win! butter is win!
    ffichiban: i want moreeeee
    mademoiselle délicieuse: sharing is caring :D
    belle: lol recovering from the awesomeness?
    jacq: hehe and coming at 7.30am too?
    grace: nekkid heh heh
    trissa: crazy love indeed :D
    steph: aw thanks!
    y: oh how i wish there was a 2nd day! id prolly buy whole box of every flavour next time!

    — chocolatesuze    Dec 27, 02:26 AM    #
    
    

15. ZOMG that looks so awesome. I <3 <3 <3 macarons too!!!

    — Lingy    Jul 22, 12:47 AM    #