LA MAISON DU MACARON
MACARONS! 
From La Maison du Macaron in Montreal. (This is over a period of about a month. Yes, I’m addicted. And no, I haven’t had any since mid-March after sharing with some friends in Toronto).
I got a nice range of their flavours..
This was my first box.
- Peppered Mango — my favourite
- Speculoos & Rose Petal
- Milk Chocolate — delicious
- White Chocolate– delicious
- Pistachio
- Caramel with Fleur de Sel — quite good too
- Coconut
- Vanilla — Too sweet
- Hazelnut
- Lemon — I find it weird, too faux lemony or something
Here’s that heart shaped Speculoos* and Rose Petal flavoured heart shaped macaron.
It wasn’t that great.
*Speculoos/Speculaas is this amazing flavoured cookie from Belgium.
This was my second box. I only got the three I liked:
- White chocolate
- Milk chocolate
- Peppered Mango
Look that beauty up close!
Then I got a third mini box:
- Caramel fleur de sel
- Banana and Chocolate
- Banana and Lime
And here’s my almost last box of just milk chocolate and peppered mango (YUM!)
CREPES
BF makes awesome crepes. He has a simple mixture of flour, milk and some salt, and he uses a regular ol’ frying pan. Kind of like making pancakes, but with a lighter mixture.
He always buys a little can of hazelnut spread which is slightly sweet but not overly so.
Nommy deliciousness.
Recipe:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
What he does is lightly oil the pan with a paper towel dipped in oil, and then take a ladle of the mixture and coats the pan.
After a little while, he lifts up one side and flips it.
A crepe pan makes this super easy because you just flip the double-sided pan to the other side.
You want the bottom of the crepe to be a light golden brown like this before you flip.
We like to do a little white sugar on it, or spread some hazelnut paste.
Wrap it like this, and enjoy.
RED VELVET CHEESECAKE
$8 at PC stores (for the whole cake!).
YUMMY. Red Velvet doesn’t taste like anything special. It’s just vanilla, and the texture is velvety.
A slice of perfection. I got about 6 slices out of the cake.
LEMON ZEST BISCOTTI
Courtesy of BF.
GREEN TEA SWISS ROLL
I hated it. No green tea flavour, too much cream.. gross.
I miss Toronto’s swiss rolls.
JAPANESE CHEESECAKE
Light and delicious. BF makes a KILLER Japanese cheesecake so I was pleased with it only as a substitute… but I clearly prefer his baking.
LEMON CUSTARD CAKE
It’s more of a bread, less of a cake but it was delicious. All the custard was at the top of the “cake” so I had to eat it length-wise.
BRIOCHE
Flaky Brioche. Not as good as in Paris and I wasn’t excited.
I ate it anyway 
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