Macaron Day - Adriano Zumbo, Balmain 2010

8 November 2010, 00:06


OH HAI! Yes it’s that time of year again folks! It was Adriano Zumbo’s birthday on Nov 6th and, like last year, all desserts at the patisserie (296 Darling St, Balmain) were macarons!


There were 66 flavours of macarons (macarons with ONE o!) and luckily there were heaps of leaflets being handed out on the day so we could peruse the macaron menu and mark off what we wanted to order


The awesome Phuoc drove me bright and early to Balmain in the crazy pouring rain. We stopped by the factory/cafe (114 Terry St, Rozelle) first so I could get a squizz at the new digs but left soon after realising they didn’t have the full range of macarons there.


We managed to step into every single puddle possible while crossing the street to be faced with this queue. The shop had been open since 7.30am and after spotting Jacq and Dan in the queue we waited about an hour before reaching the promised land of macarons. There were camera crews aplenty and an expectant buzz in the air as the queue inched forwards before…


BABIES! SWEET PRECIOUS BABIES!


MORE BABIES! Just as we were about to enter the promised land we spot Sook who had bought some of the pre-packed assorted boxes in hopes of securing the ‘Golden Macaron’ to win a day in the Zumbo Lab. And the lucky bugger found TWO!


There were some pretty crazy flavours available- blood & chocolate, salmon and toothpaste were some of the weirder ones. Sadly the fish and chips macaron hadn’t arrived yet when we arrived but I’m sure other bloggers will write about em.


The macs were in alphabetical order and displayed in much prettier plastic cases. Ordering the macarons was a pretty pain-free experience compared to last year, all we had to do was hand over our leaflet with our selections and we were in and out within 5mins.


Lollipop macs aplenty


Just as we were finishing up our order a huge tray of big macarons appear. BIG MACS! How could we NOT have one!? I skipped the green mac cos I have issues with basil that’s not combined with cheese, the pink cos I have issues with rose that is in a form other than a flower and gleefully ordered the beyootiful passionfruit and raspberry macaron.


[Image from Gourmantic] We left the land of happiness to be greeted by this cute lil doggy hehehe Helen spotted this pic over at Gourmantic ahahaha this pic cracks me up so much! I was reaching into my bag for my camera and just as I got it out he sat back down!


28 macarons = my box of happiness :D


Nom! Hello new twitter avatar…


So bright! So vivid!


Of course as soon as I saw the salted butter popcorn macaron I knew I had to stock up. I’m kinda wishing I bought more…


Other flavours that I got l-r: popcorn, salt & vinegar, redskins, cereal box, burnt toast, hamburger, cookie dough, salted butter caramel, milo, peanut butter & jelly, pistachio. Super ♥ for the redskins mac! Zomg it was so awesome and was sad I didn’t get more than one of those babies! Wasn’t a huge fan of the salt & vinegar cos I wanted more of a salt flavour instead of being hit by a truckload of vinegar. The pb&j was tasty with the jelly cube in the centre nice and squishy tho I think a better combo would be pb+choc.


Hello innards shot! Check out that knob of butter on the burnt toast mac oh yes it was deeeelicious. The hamburger was weird but I think I preferred it more with the tiny sliver of beetroot than the pickle in last year’s cheeseburger mac. Next year I’m totes hoping there’s gonna be a cornflakes macaron!


Home of tasty macarons

 

 

  1. lol at the promised land! I can feel your sugar high from here, and the redskin one sounds awesome. memories!

    — Helen (grabyourfork)    Nov 8, 12:45 AM    #

  2. I love it! Made me relive the day all over again! :)

    I see you got the hamburger (they’re so cute!). Was it any good? I should have tried the popcorn. Though by the sounds of it, one wouldn’t have been enough!

    — Corinne @ Gourmantic    Nov 8, 12:58 AM    #

  3. The original lollipop macs are back! Such sugary dedication being up at dawn for Macaron Day! Nicely done :)

    — Karen | C&C    Nov 8, 01:02 AM    #

  4. blood and salmon and toothpaste? lol. going crazier each year! very appropriate nails for those colourful macarons! :)

    — Vivienne    Nov 8, 01:16 AM    #

  5. Ooh I like the innards shot! And how good was that redskin macaron! Twas a fun day but omg I was so buggered afterwards I had a nap when I got home haha. Early mornings aren’t my friends.

    — Jacq    Nov 8, 04:15 AM    #

  6. Waaaah why am I always out of town when it’s Mac Day in Sydney? Waaah I would’ve queued for an hour for those babies!

    — Trisha    Nov 8, 07:50 AM    #

  7. Some awesome and some really weird flavours!

    Did you try eating the large passionfruit macaron like a burger?

    — Simon @ the heart of food    Nov 8, 09:03 AM    #

  8. Salted Popcorn! What heaven!

    — Shann    Nov 8, 09:29 AM    #

  9. Virtual Macrons overdosed!! Love the innards shot.

    — Ellie (Almost Bourdain)    Nov 8, 09:49 AM    #

  10. my oh my – macaron heaven indeed!!!

    — Lisa    Nov 8, 09:56 AM    #

  11. I must be living under a rock as I didn’t even know this was on…not sure I could line for an hour though…you must love the macs! You’re fingernails are pretty groovy – one for each colour of Macaron (with one O)?

    — MelbaToast    Nov 8, 10:24 AM    #

  12. F&#(&@^ S$*@*(!!!! I missed the big macarons! GRRR. I must have been there just before you? Yoghurt, chilli and tangerine was my fav. Ohhh yum, neeeeed mooooore noooow!

    — KayB    Nov 8, 10:32 AM    #

  13. look at all that sugar!

    — Fiona    Nov 8, 10:40 AM    #

  14. awww i missed it this year :( OMG that big macaron looks amazing!!! Looking at your photos makes me feel like ive had my macaron fix <3 <3

    — Leona    Nov 8, 10:52 AM    #

  15. So many colourful macarons! Esp love the look of the big macs =)

    Wish I could’ve been there to be your fangirl… =p

    — mademoiselle delicieuse    Nov 8, 11:04 AM    #

  16. the passionfruit and raspberry really looked so pretty.. hopefully get to try it out next year..

    — Melissa    Nov 8, 11:11 AM    #

  17. I heart your nail colours….goes so well with the macarons!!

    — saryn    Nov 8, 11:14 AM    #

  18. i feel like all the sugar has magically been transported to me through the screen. thank you

    — laura (Starloz)    Nov 8, 11:14 AM    #

  19. It’s times like these I wish I lived in Syd! Ah ha ha- I would have bought about 20 big mac macarons!

    — Gastronomy Gal    Nov 8, 11:17 AM    #

  20. Wow, it’s like so hard to get macarons in Malaysia. Awesome!

    — jfook    Nov 8, 11:40 AM    #

  21. awww I’m sad I missed out this year! Redskins mac sounds awesomeee!! How was the milo mac?

    — Steph    Nov 8, 11:42 AM    #

  22. lol – your ‘issues’ lead you to a beauty! And great shot with your rainbow nails!!!

    — Tina@foodboozeshoes    Nov 8, 11:53 AM    #

  23. Ohhh mmmm drool It was probably better I stayed away considering all the pigging out I did on the weekend, this would have just sent my body overboard.

    — angie    Nov 8, 12:24 PM    #

  24. wow, waiting for an hour IS dedication!

    the macaroons look like they were worth it though. i will have to put this on my calendar next year!

    — lifeis2munch    Nov 8, 02:23 PM    #

  25. awwwwwwwww sadness :( Thanks for letting live out the day through your eyes tho haha macar0ns!

    — FFichiban    Nov 8, 02:44 PM    #

  26. I shall not miss out on this next year and I shall be armed with a significant amount of cash for it TT_TT

    — Winna    Nov 8, 03:00 PM    #

  27. Not a problem dude! HAHA I look very maniac considering it was pretty early in the morning and I was sleep deprived.. We get soaked in puddles together! Luckily we didn’t get splashed, that would have been so terrible!

    Thanks for brunch! I want more redskins and popcorn macs. Delicious!

    — Phuoc'n Delicious    Nov 8, 03:11 PM    #

  28. Oh I wish I had been able to go, I was carless on Saturday :( I can’t believe the number of different flavours on offer!!

    — Sara @ Belly Rumbles    Nov 8, 03:48 PM    #

  29. Your photos are so pretty!! I got the salmon macaron cos I was being ‘adventurous’ and OMG massive regret… couldn’t finish it, it just tasted wrong.

    — Sarah    Nov 8, 04:54 PM    #

  30. Wow you definitely scored a wide range of flavours! I’d be buzzing in a sugar rush for a week after that!

    — Maria @ ScandiFoodie    Nov 8, 05:31 PM    #

  31. PB and choc! You’re my kinda person :D So ridiculously envious of this post. I’ve yet to have a single Zumbo anything! What I wouldn’t give for the redskins one (primary school memories ahoy!) and cookie dough (university exchange year in the US ahoy!)

    — Hannah    Nov 8, 06:11 PM    #

  32. oooohhhhh wow! its maca-one o-ron heaven! great haul suze, i just noticed you didnt get the deep fried one??
    i love the candy colour nails matching the macarons!

    — Gianna@TheEmptyFridge    Nov 8, 06:17 PM    #

  33. i’m surprised you didn’t get the fish’n‘chips macaron, I was curious what it tasted like after seeing my friend’s photo of it. Good on you to brave the rain for the macarons lol I was gonna go, but the rain is just perfect for sleeping in :P
    Next year perhaps !

    — Monica    Nov 8, 09:29 PM    #

  34. WOW MACARON HEAVEN!!!! the salted popcorn is so nice, not sure about the salt and vinegar. I guess you either love or hate it! btw were you @ parra station today waiting for a bus around 6pm? I think I saw you in a leather hoodie with earphones…looking annoyed ahhaha

    — Paul    Nov 8, 10:04 PM    #

  35. ooooooooh looks like a great haul! i dropped in sunday arvo and they still had a few flavours left, but i did not see fairy bread or the mega passionfruit ones. love the pic of you with the rainbow nails and mega macaron.

    — amy    Nov 8, 10:58 PM    #

  36. Nice haul! Macaron day should be declared a national holiday. And you should have to eat 12 macarons to celebrate :P

    — OohLookBel    Nov 8, 11:09 PM    #

  37. Love the post!

    YES! HOW GOOD WAS THE REDSKINS MACARON?? I think it was one of my faves of the day!!

    And YES! That knob of butter inside the Burnt Toast mac. drooooool.

    There were totally cornflakes in the Cereal Box macaron!

    — crunchytiger    Nov 8, 11:37 PM    #

  38. macarons are the BEST THINGS IN THE WORLD! Period. And I used to be like, I would MARRY anyone who’d make me macarons for ever and ever (I had my eyes set on Pierre Herme, really) but then one day, I went and made some MYSELF! So now I dont need a macaron-daddy, I have ME :)

    — catty    Nov 9, 12:26 AM    #

  39. macaron!!!! yummmmieeeeee!!!!!!!!!

    — chiamay    Nov 9, 04:53 AM    #

  40. Thats one way to OD on macarons!

    — foodies at home    Nov 9, 10:48 AM    #

  41. I heard from the Zumbo crew that it was absolute madness! But the thing that had most caught my attention – your nails! Dexter, Season 1. Eeek!!

    — forager @ The Gourmet Forager    Nov 9, 04:26 PM    #

  42. oh my god this is awesome! i knew all about this event but was too lazy to go out last saturday. next year, maybe i will try. the macarons looked lovely!!!!

    — ibyang    Nov 9, 10:26 PM    #

  43. Mmm, macarons. I am looking forward to the day when I can go and get some of those macarons easily. (I’m moving to Sydney in April next year).

    To be honest, before I read this post I thought you were holding a peach in your avatar!

    — Craig @ What We Ate Today    Nov 10, 12:03 AM    #

  44. This is so amaazinggggggg.
    Why can’t Melbourne have a store like this ? rages I’ve only ever found one or two stores that sell macarons and there’s hardly any flavour selection (apart from chocolate or strawberry)! :(

    I really wanna try hamburger and cookie dough! And …blood&chocolate?!

    — Melody    Nov 10, 12:56 AM    #

  45. Tell me you didn’t eat all those macarons by yourself…?!! I can’t believe you stood in a queue for an hour for them!

    — spiceandmore    Nov 10, 02:04 PM    #

  46. I couldn’t make it this time again! :( Will def mark Nov 6 on my calendar next year! All the macaroons are seriously to die for. How can you say no to caramel popcorn? and burnt toast?? ingenious!

    — Helena    Nov 10, 03:17 PM    #

  47. Oh man! I wish I hadn’t turned down the chance to go :(
    So jealous of those butter popcorn ones!! (Do you love the Jelly Belly buttered popcorn jelly beans as much as I do?!!?)

    — Spottedpufferfish    Nov 10, 04:54 PM    #

  48. How huge is that macaron…… WOW. We got a little bag of macarons at the end of his session at the Brisbane Masterclass and I totally loved one and couldn’t work out what it was now I’m sure it was salted butter popcorn macaron. Thanks for sharing all those pics.

    — Linda V @ Bubble and Sweet    Nov 10, 05:07 PM    #

  49. I’m giddy from just looking at all that sugar! Tell me you didn’t eat them all at once? I’d love to try all those flavours but not sure I want to brave the queue!

    — shaz    Nov 11, 09:46 PM    #

  50. I keep remembering to look at this post when I get to work, and of course I can’t view your site there for some awful reason (fail!).

    I set a reminder to look when I got home tonight.. I wish I hadn’t, now all I want is a big pile of the salted butter popcorn ones. Yum!

    — Emily @ NeedsMoreSugar    Nov 11, 09:46 PM    #

  51. love the multicoloured nails Suze!

    — Reemski    Nov 12, 10:53 AM    #

  52. Epic macaron pr0n FTW! Was wondering what the new twitter avatar was. Such a pretty macaron. Methinks I need to plan a trip to Sydney coinciding with macaron day next year. It looks amazing!

    — Emma @Cakemistress    Nov 14, 03:10 PM    #

  53. Wow, the yearly Zumbo macaron day is becoming a tradition. Wish I was in Sydney so I too could go and grab 30 macarons to try.

    — Thanh    Nov 21, 10:54 PM    #

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