The Verdict

I'm sure you all very much care about my adventures in macaron-land. It's really exciting, I swear.

So today, I went to Pierre Hermé (I can now cross one thing off my list) to see how their macarons compared to Laduree's. Laduree is an old company, known for selling the best macarons in Paris. Pierre Hermé is a much more recent development. He's built his reputation on making macarons in non-traditional flavors, such a matcha tea.

I must say, I'm slightly disappointed. I found their range of flavors to be interesting, and the store itself (I visited the less-crowded one off of Vaugirard instead of the more popular one off rue Bonaparte in St. Germain) was really gorgeous. I bought six in total. So far I've eaten 3, two of them being a rose and a café—flavors in these two were much more intense that their counterparts at Laduree, which isn't necessarily a good or bad thing. 3 remain, so we'll see if they can convince me. I think my biggest problem with them is that there's just too much filling–it's a little overwhelming.