Mouldy Old Macarons

Macarons are old. Like way old… think 18th century and you’re getting there. According to legend, a French bakery known as Ladurée re-invented the macaron in the early 1900s helping create the meringue-like sandwich with creamy filling pastry we know today. Sofia Coppola turned to Ladurée when she needed French fancies for Marie Antoinette. The latest issue of Little White Lies magazine details a gorgeous version of the classic macaron with rose flavoured biscuit and cream with raspberries and lychees. ¶ The evolution of the macaron continues today. Visit Yauatcha in London’s Soho and you can sample, amongst many other oriental influenced delights, Rasberry, Lychee, Fig, Lemon, Cashew… er, loads of crazy flavours. Update: Black Tea and Champagne are more recent additions worth sampling with more being added all the time.