Macarons from Artisan Sweets

This is a belated post, but the macarons were so good that I could not not blog about them. They were given to us for Christmas by friends who know us well - that when in doubt about what to get us, food usually is the answer.

I loved the design of the box. And it was lovely opening it up to find brightly coloured macarons below.

So pretty it took a bit of time to bring ourselves to eat them. We've never been die hard macaron fans, and would normally never venture to Marmalade Pantry or Canele to buy them. So this was a very pleasant introduction to the dark side - it really got us hooked.

Even comes with its own legend so you know what you're eating

We carefully sliced every macaron into half so that we could try every single one. The macarons were extremely light, crispy and not too sweet. Lovely with a hot cup of tea.

Prior to 2 weeks ago, all I knew about Artisan Sweets was that it was the shop that my friend had bought the macarons from, and that I would go back there to get macarons if I was going to buy any at all. As it turned out, we happened to be randomly seated next to the baker-owner of Artisan Sweets at a friend's wedding, and after we started chatting we were extremely surprised but delighted to have finally met the genius behind these amazing macarons. For a while I could not stop gushing over how good they were - it was rather embarrassing - but she and her husband appear to be a lovely couple who are most sincere and genuine about producing top quality desserts.

They're at 32 Holland Grove Road, Henry Park Apartments. Tel: 64686700, closed Sundays.