Fouchon's Macaroons
 

I clicked off of epicurious.com but before I did, I noted that they are recommending a gift box from Fouchon's (and I KNOW that's not spelled correctly...)
for I believe I read 245 e's..and you get 80 pieces!

So? Who's going to buy themselves a Holiday gift?

Fauchons :) I would like a box right now, right in front of me :D

Thanks! SuzieC~

Fauchon has a store here in NYC, I wonder if they have the macaroons.
Are they better than those at Laduree?

I thought Fauchon's macaroons were a tad sweeter than Laduree....but no matter which ones I eat, I prefer to have my macaroons in Paris!

245Es? why that is just mere chomp-change. Get a dozen or so.

Nice gifts for the mailman, paperboy, Wal-Mart greeters.... .

Ah . . . I have a box of Ladurée macarons coming to me in a couple weeks.

My sister travels to Paris 6-7 times a year on business - this next trip she'll be returning the night of one of our family get togethers. We decided that the macarons would be PERFECT for dessert!

Yes, the NYC store on Madison ave has them. Both the mini and regular size. They fly them in direct. Since i had Laduree in Paris and Fauchon in NYC it is not fair to compare. When I am in Paris next May I will try both since the shops are so close together and find out for myself!!!!

Dean

I don't even like macarons, as I said on another thread, but in Paris they cost about 1 euro each for the very small ones. So, if those are larger cookies, that price isn't that suprising on epicurious. Macarons get stale very very quickly.

it's worthy to note the correct spelling, as others have pointed out, is macaron.
For those who haven't had the pleasure yet, these are nothing like the coconutty macaroon cookies we have in the US.

We like Le Notre's. It's all over Paris.

Macarons are my most favourite treat when in Paris....wish I could figure out how to make them easily.....

The ones I had from Confiserie Spruenglia (Basel, Switzerland) are absolutely sublime!! I will have to try those you mentioned in Paris.

I tried the ones from Fauchon in NYC, and they were awful -- the cookie was too sweet, you can taste the sugary crystals. I think the ones I had were either undercooked or just plain awful.

The ones I had in Europe have pillowy soft cookies and light creamy fillings.

Look at the dates on this thread. What could be going on here?
By the way, I like LeNotre's macarons but haven't tried the other two patisseries.

Sorry, Mingtsainy's post wasn't showing when I made my last post.

Thanks for the tip - I'll be in NY soon. Isn't Fouchon in the lobby of The Drake (Park Ave. & 56th)? Can someone confirm?

http://www.fauchon.fr

And, if you are in Moscow, Fauchon is located on Tverskaya ulitsa.

Ladurée's macarons are definitely the best!

Fauchon in NYC is indeed in the lobby of a hotel, on Park and 56th. Not sure of the name of the hotel since there are like 10 major hotels on that street.

Please report back on your experience there, ie. the macaroons.

P/S> My friend is flying back from Zurich tomorrow. I e-mailed her to get me some macaroons for me. :-)