Macarons from Macau’s Grand Hyatt Lobby Lounge

At the entrance of the Hotel, there is a Christmas Boutique that has gift ideas and sweet treats.
They had macarons, which were huge but inexpensive for MOP20 that you can also get at the Lobby Lounge.

My favourite was the green macaron, which is tea flavoured, filled with a delicious chewy cherry in the middle that was a surprise because I thought it was just brown ganache in the middle.
The strawberry rose was also similar with a piece of strawberry in the strawberry rose filling.
The blue one was chocolate and coffee, which was dusted with poppy seeds that guys will like because it is not that sweet.

DALLOYAU in the 21st Century

To be honest I didn't know this French brand dates back to the 17th Century with many branches in Japan.
They sell macarons and cakes so decided to try a macaron and cake.



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Macarons:

The pistachio had a crisp shell and a soft centre with pistachio and almond flavouring.
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rocher $58:

This was a new cake and it had a lovely caramel tone to it with fiery ginger notes.


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Next time I am going to try their chocolates!

Super mini macarons

Had time before a tasting so decided to eat something.
I was going to visit Waffill again to try the new savoury burger waffle but this new branch of Dolci was closer so came here instead.

On one side, there is a cake counter.

On the other side, there is a gelato counter.

There is a nice sitting area too.



There is a menu so you can order from the table.


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Super mini macarons:
At the gelato counter, I discovered so many new toppings that you add for an extra $5!!
There were mini meringues, cake bits, but my favourite had to be the super mini macarons which I have always adored on the nocciola (triple hazelnut crunchy cake).


Each macaron is so cute and uniformly shaped!!!
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Pistachio gelato with super mini macarons:
Chose the pistachio gelato because it was my favourite with the mini macarons as extra toppings!!



Just too cute to eat!
Anyway the mini macarons were lovely and crispy because they have sachets of desiccant in the jar to keep them lovely and dry.
As for the gelato, it was smooth and thick with a gorgeous sticky texture to it just like Turkish icecream.
The pistachio taste was natrual and the sweetness was just right.
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Hazelnut gelato:

Compared to the pistachio, the taste was slightly sweeter but nutty and natrual.
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2/3 Dolci Tè Piazza

Shop 124, 

1/F, Lee Gardens Two, 

28 Yun Ping Road, Causeway Bay

La Festival de La Lune

Paul Lafayet (Tsim Sha Tsui)
Thanks to Paul Lafayet for these moon festival macarons.

They are in a box of eight with a large macaron in the middle dusted with shimmering powder representing the moon surrounded by 7 stars in an auspicious arrangement.

The large macaron is Mango Passion Fruit flavored.

For the seven macarons I chose: raspberry, matcha, pistachio, caramel, yuzy, baileys, and earl grey.

As I have visited the causeway bay branch, I decided to go to the K11 branch and discovered there is a small sitting area inside which is convenient for people wanting a quick dessert.

Next time when I am bored, I will go there for a quick dessert.

They had new cakes too:

The Bailey's dome was really cute because there was a mini macaron on the top.

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La Festival de La Lune:



It was fun sinking my teeth in the huge macaron which was the size of a medium sized burger

The flavours that I chose with a brief comment on taste:
matcha (creamy and not that sweet), pistachio (nutty with coconutty taste), caramel (bitter
tones to it), yuzu (quite refreshing), baileys (fairly strong baileys taste), earl grey (very fragrant) and raspberry (faint raspberry taste)
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Xbox × Paul Lafayet Macaron workshop

Xbox × Paul Lafayet Macaron製作班
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Thanks to Paul Lafayet for inviting me to their Macaron making experience partnered with X-Box.

We were taught how to make macarons by mixing the ingredients to making the macarons using the piping bag.
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After the event, we were given a box of "burst of delicious colour for the summer" macarons to take away.

The flavours included in the box were:


Lychee: (pink white)
Passion Fruit: (poppy seed)
Banana Balsamic: (yellow brown)
Lemon mint: (yellow green)
Yuzu: (yellow with green brushed pattern)
Mango passionfruit (Orange).
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At the event there were cakes to try:
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Strawberry tarts:


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Matcha cremoso


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Chocolate craquelin


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Vanilla mille feuille


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Cheesecakes


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The matcha cremoso was lovely and velvety with a strong green tea taste and the strawberry tart had a lovely chewy piece of macaron in the middle.


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Limited edition X-Box macarons:


The macarons were coloured green and silver to match the event.
The silver one was earl grey which was really fragrant and the green one was yuzu which we drew on it with icing sugar.
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Pistachio macaron from petite Amanda

petite Amanda (Central)

Thanks to Ivycwk for getting me this macaron from Petite Amanda.

I have always wanted to try Amanda's products because the packaging is really nice especially the pyramid shaped cake box.

The colour of this macaron was quite green (artificial) decorated with a sugar icing flower on top.

The taste of the flower icing tasted like ice gems and the macaron was quite nice and not too sweet with strong almond taste.

Paul Lafayet's Fragrant blossoms macaron set

Paul Lafayet (Causeway Bay)

Thanks to the Paul Lafayet group for these new Fragrant blossoms macarons.


They come packaged in a lovely box.

As well as the new floral selection, they had the Bailey's dome.

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Fragrant blossoms macaron set:


There were six flavours: violet, poppy, rose

orange blossoms, Osmanthus, and vanilla.

My favourite flavours were the orange blossom and violet because they taste nice and these flavours are rare.
The orange blossoms was really fragrant and delicate and the violet was unique because I have never tried it before.
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