I love nothing more than sitting down in the afternoon with a pot of tea and a nice biscuit or cake, but this Sunday I had an especially nice afternoon tea. I had been to York to visit my friend Emma and we were so excited to see macaroons in the window of Betty's! Betty's is a legendary and traditional cafe in Yorkshire, that hasn't changed much since it first opened in 1919. The food is amazing and the queues for their afternoon tea get SO long! I had to try these macaroons. I was a macaroons virgin. The best one was definitely the chocolate one, because I am a bit of a chocaholic, but the lemon one was also particularly good with a lemon curd filling. They were crunchy, chewy and tasty. I have no other macaroons to compare them to, but they were rather delicious! Let's see if Laduree's offerings are any better when I go to Paris in a month!
Oh, they look so delish! I love how cute & quaint you are with your pots of tea & china cups, Ms Helen.
ReplyDeletesuch a pretty little post! they look delicious.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous post! I love Bettys!
ReplyDeleteyou're going to paris in a month??? me too! oh my god! where are you going to be? i've never eaten a macaron, so i'm insanely excited to try them in paris :)
ReplyDeleteOh, you're lucky! Macaroons *and* York in one day!?
ReplyDeleteI've only been to a couple cities in England, but York was definitely my favorite. :)
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ReplyDeleteAre you going to Paris? I'm going next week, I can't wait!
ReplyDeleteThe other week I spoke to a lovely French man, at Taste Festival, who informed me that Pierre Herme is better than Laduree, though I reserve judgement because Laduree is pretty amazing.
I'm also going to Paris!!! but I'm going at the end of this month, can't wait!!!! Definitely keen to sample Laduree (can't have much else, probably, due to the old wheat intolerance). I went to York Sixth Form, how exciting that Betty's now do macaroons!!!!!!
ReplyDeletei have been craving a macaroon for weeks! those look fabulous! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm just back from Paris! i love macaroons, I had them for the first time a couple of weeks ago actually! I think the red ones are my faves, I was expecting them to taste funny with all the colourins, but they were divine!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you can try to bake them yourself http://www.mercotte.fr/2008/03/20/desperatly-seeking-macarons/
ReplyDeletePierre Hermé is also very famous for the chocolate http://www.pierreherme.com/data/catalogue.pdf
We don't have any good bakeries around here, its a shame. I've never tried a macaroon either and can't actually imagine what they taste like! I'd really like to try a lemon one though, I love lemon cakes and lemon curd is amazing. Yum! Itrs always an added bonus when food is pretty too :)
ReplyDeletethese look delish!
ReplyDeleteit looks perfect! seriously :) too pretty for words.
ReplyDeletei can't seem to find maccarooons anywhere! those look quite delicious though. I found a recipe but it was pretty much the most complicated thing I've ever seen...
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I've never tried macarons, but they look so good!
ReplyDeleteI really should take the time to have afternoon tea more often. I suppose I would if I had such a lovely tea set. I asked for macarons for my birthday, but my mom doesn't seem to know what they are. I guess I'm going to have to track them down on my own...
ReplyDelete4 pm is my favorite time - Mum and I both get cups of cardamom tea with evaporated milk (to make it thick and creamy) and if we've been baking, we have a slice of almond cake or some ginger cookies. Heavenly!
ReplyDeleteBetty's sounds wonderful. I wonder if they have one in London?
This all looks so nice.Oh macaroons..they look so jummy. I have never seen them in real life tho.
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures! I love all the china cups .x.
ReplyDeleteOhhh so gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThat looks beyond lovely!!
ReplyDeleteaw, so cute! macaroons are the best, I love coconut flavour - better than they sound! but oh I'd love to try lemon, mm.
ReplyDeletecute photos too :)
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I think I need a macaroon!
ReplyDeleteLove Grace.
oh wow, i'm a macaroon virgin too! lovely pictures, i'll have to try one sometime ;)
ReplyDeleteYour tea looks so sweet and elegant!
ReplyDeletehummm Yummy Yummy !!!
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ReplyDeleteLaduree macaroons are incredible, but so expensive. The ones you bought look just as delicious in my opinion. Plus, they come in a nice package too.
ReplyDeletethey look so yummmy...i bet they tasted even better:)
ReplyDeletelove your photos. i have yet to try macaroons too!
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried macaroons but I must get some!
ReplyDeletei had never tasted macarons until my visit to Paris last November for the first time! They are the dreamiest dessert I've ever tried and ever since I've been finding little spots that sell them here in Montreal!
ReplyDeleteYou take such good pictures!!
ReplyDeletewow those macaroons look so delicious im going to have to buy some next time i go to york <3
ReplyDeleteYou know, those are actually macarons. Macaroons are something quite different!
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