Zumboron Day 2011 at Adriano Zumbo

27 November 2011, 23:55

OH HAI! Sorry for not posting more regularly dudes, you see I started a new job about a month ago and it seems I no longer have the ability to function on 4 hours sleep anymore. Blast my long lost teenage abilities! Anywhos it’s that time of year again- that’s right it’s the mania that is Adriano Zumbo and his now famous Macaron Day aka Zumboron Day.

I’d originally decided I was gonna stay away from the Zumbo madness and enjoy my sleep in but several tweets on the twitterverse about a magical fried chicken macaron had me shaking the boy awake and trek to the city. The Balmain store was sure to be packed and reports of 2 hours stuck in a queue had us heading to The Star. The macaron gods were smiling at us, we found street parking less than 2mins away and woot look at our 10min queue! I haz the patience of a peanut and had been dreading the queues the most.

Fliers with the list of all 60 flavours available were being handed out and it was just a matter of ticking which flavours appealed the most. The more crazy ones had an asterisk next to them which of course was first on my hit list.

Original budget was $30 but uhhh as you can see I kinda blew that with each macaron at $2.50 um oops.

Of course I had to get a whole bunch of salted butter popcorn macs, you know, for the road.

Aaaand it’s mac stack time! Picks of the bunch left to right, top – bottom: Banh mi Burger, Vegemite, Margarita Pizza, Green Apple Pie, Strawberry Bubblegum, Salted Butter Caramel, Fried Chicken, Ramen, Redskin.

I ended up buying 2 each of everything in case a particular flavour rocked my world and oh my freaking gawd the fried chicken? All kinds of crazy! Not sure I could eat more than 1 at a time but it spun my tastebuds all out of whack, it was a macaron filled with a bready stuffing and perhaps the Colonels 11 secret herbs and spices and was deep fried for happiness.

The Banh mi burger didn’t hold up so great on the way home and the salty pate smooshed everywhere and the Margarita pizza came with the cutest teensy tiny slice of cheese with a dab of tomato sauce. The Vegemite was what I expected and well, Noods really wanted it so who am I to deny him a macaron.. as well as the strawberry bubblegum mac which um both fit into my category oh please get that away from me..

The Salted butter caramel is amazing but of course anything with salted caramel is da bomb, the green apple pie had crystalised sugar all over the mac which made for a crunchilicious mouthful of cinnamon. The Ramen didn’t really taste like much but textually I liked the noodle bits on the mac, and the Redskin mac brought back childhood memories of trying to get candy outta my teeth. And that’s all folks!

The fried chicken one sounds crazy! And ooh redskins – my favourite treat from the tuckshop.
— Helen (grabyourfork) Nov 28, 12:30 AM #
They ran out of margarita pizza and S&P calamari by 10.30 at Balmain. Yes I was totally bummed. The fried chicken, OMG, you are right taste bud sensation but only one at a time.
— Sara @ Bellly Rumbles Nov 28, 12:49 AM #
Zumbo never fails to amaze me at the concoctions he comes up with for such a little treat! Hahaha love how you stocked up on the salted butter popcorn. Awesome.
— Tina @ bitemeshowme Nov 28, 09:12 AM #
LOL Zumborons. The fried chicken mac sounds cray cray but omg redskins, why didn’t I think of that?!
— Steph Nov 28, 10:27 AM #
Fried chicken was indeed crazy. Lucky you for not having to wait too long :)
— Phuoc'n Delicious Nov 28, 10:52 AM #
So gutted I missed it this year. I was too hungover to move. That chicken macaron prob would have helped me though lol
— Nic@diningwithastud Nov 28, 11:06 AM #
Ooh so many crazy awesome flavours! So sad I couldn’t go this year but the fried chicken macaron would definitely have been my pick too
— Jacq Nov 28, 11:11 AM #
The flavours this year at beyond crazy, lol. Fried chicken, banh mi burger, ramen are totally spinning me out.
— Dumpling Girl Nov 28, 11:35 AM #
The fried chicken and ramen ones had me the most intrigued from the list. If I’d gone, I’d definitely get those two and eat them together to see if it would taste like fried chicken ramen…
— Rita (mademoiselle délicieuse) Nov 28, 11:35 AM #
You shouldn’t have given away The Star secret! ;-)

I popped by around 4pm and there were no queues and everything still seemed to be in stock.
— richard elliot Nov 28, 11:41 AM #
Suze! Did you try the S/P calamari? It was way better than the fried chicken, which I thought was a bit too oily. I’m glad I got two of them :D
— Jules Nov 28, 12:00 PM #
Looks like you were a bit more restrained this year, lol! Nice range of crazy flavours, though.
— OohLookBel Nov 28, 12:06 PM #
$30 budget on a macaron day? Yeah right! LOLz! so much awesome. Salted butter caramel,yum! Ramen? Interesting!
— Ramen Raff Nov 28, 12:07 PM #
LOL! You’re in the photo on my blog, and I’m in your photo. The reason I appear to be staring to intently in the direction of the camera was because that’s what I noticed first. I remember looking up and seeing a guy taking a photo and thinking “Hey I know that guy, that’s Noods”, then I saw you in the queue.

The fried chicken was freakin’ awesome. I wish we’d bought more. The rest were all really good too, but my fav was the chicken.

I think we spent $47 or something!
— Craig @ Damn Fine Food Nov 28, 01:02 PM #
Oh the store looks amazing.
Guess I am not so adventurous! But i will stick to more “traditional” flavours when I come by.
— anh Nov 28, 02:44 PM #
I guess I’m glad I stayed away cause I would’ve walked out with one or more.. of each flavour! Fried chicken sounds finger lickin’ good :)

btw cute dress!
— Vivian - vxdollface Nov 28, 04:38 PM #
OMG…

i totally wouldnt mind trying the banh mi thit… mmmh pate.. shame it got wrecked!
— Dolly Nov 28, 06:25 PM #
NOOO…how could I have forgotten it was Zumboron Day?!

I shall pretend that I was there and tasted that AMAZING sounding fried chicken mac by staring intently at your gorgeous photos. Something about the way the macs are stacked and arranged so neatly sends happy shivers up me spine :D
— Lucy Nov 28, 08:40 PM #
Zumbo sure does have the Midas Touch!
— Ayden @ Himalayan Salt Nov 28, 09:15 PM #
I can’t believe the variety. And I’ll spare you the details (because it’s a very LONG story) of all my attempts of trying to be a Zumbo in the kitchen and perfect the macaron.
— Hotly Spiced Nov 28, 10:33 PM #
I am not sure if I already said this but your hair suits you… Hawt Hawt… Zumboron Day is very exciting but I am too wimpy to try wild flavours of Macs. I like them too much and I am scared that trying an odd flavour will turn me off them for good. I love the colours and good call on getting lot of the salted butter popcorn flavour. They are the best.
— Katherine Nov 28, 10:45 PM #
i missed it yet again this year! good to know that the shop at the star isn’t quite so packed. ah well, until next year, i’ll have to live precariously through your post!
— panda Nov 29, 12:06 AM #
I had some friends that went to this. It looked awesome from your pics. The flavours are crazy. Any chance you know if there was gluten free varieties? Long shot I know, but always worth asking.
— Brooke Nov 29, 01:56 PM #
Oh wow! Fried chicken macaron!? I can definitely see why you went over budget! haha…..
— Von Nov 29, 05:57 PM #
dammit i should’ve went!

had stayed away due to fear of crowds – didn’t even think of the one at the star. now that i’ve read your blog and seen the crazy flavours, having complete regret that i didn’t go!
— suz @thesuzchef Nov 29, 09:05 PM #
Oh yum! Wish I was there…I love love love macarons!! Almost as much as cupcakes :))
— Jennifer Reid Nov 29, 10:59 PM #
The flavours from Zumboron day look amazing but you know what looks even more amazing? YOUR HAIR! How do you get it to curl like that???
— catty Nov 30, 05:42 PM #
I had never had macarons before I came to Australia but now I really love them!
— Spencer Nov 30, 08:28 PM #
Oh la la I love those bread! Looks delicious and really entices me so much.
— crazy wannabe Dec 2, 02:34 PM #
NOOOOOOOOOOO I missed macaron day! I’m in the States right now, totally jealous that you got to try the fried chicken and red skin :(
— JasmyneTea Dec 2, 06:26 PM #
love the varity of macarons…wish i could make them..
— banglarecipes Dec 2, 07:10 PM #
Would have loved to try the fried chicken & calamari. Such a weird idea! I wonder what they’re going to think of next year..
— Miss J Dec 4, 04:52 PM #
Love your blog!! Check out mine:
— ana Dec 4, 09:48 PM #
I still haven’t tried out one of Adriano Zumbo’s macarons, must get round to it soon. Some of those flavours seem a little too bizarre to be tasty but knowing me, they’d be the first ones i’d try!
— Justachef Dec 4, 11:39 PM #
I have developed a strong craving by just looking at your photos!
— Joe Dec 5, 12:03 PM #
Thank you for my salted butter popcorn macs miss chocolate! they were- deeelish!
— Anna Lisle Dec 5, 12:39 PM #
Really loving your new hairdo and maybe the salted macaron….too many weird flavours..
— Jackie B Dec 5, 08:59 PM #
Suze, the most irrelevant question – where did you get your dress! It’s gorgeous
— Nic Dec 5, 09:46 PM #
lol nic: “barbie dress” at http://www.buttonnthreadboutique.com
— chocolatesuze Dec 6, 02:03 AM #
I missed out goddammit! I would have just bought enough fried chicken macarons to have lasted me through to next Nov/Dec. Hehe.
— joey@FoodiePop Dec 6, 11:44 AM #
I would love to try some of those different flavours. Fried Chicken macaroons interesting…
— Joseph - UpForAFeed Dec 6, 05:45 PM #
Yumm…I wonder if Zumbo will release a Spaghetti Bolognese macaron? — Sarah Dec 9, 12:39 PM #
Hmmmm….good trick avoiding the Balmain crowd and going to The Star. I think I’d like the Redskin…not so sure about hamburgers and Banh Mi…eep.
— Miss Piggy Dec 9, 03:50 PM #
omggg this is my dream shop!! i so wanna go there!
— Mary's Pastry Lab Dec 28, 09:18 PM #
looooved your post and photo’s … green with envy:)
— ladymacaron20ten Dec 30, 01:59 AM #

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