Macarons de Stéphane

Love those macarons. A huge varieties and super yum as well! Not that pricey and the best from my locals.

Die Macarons sehen gut aus, die Verpackung sowie der Laden ist sehr gelungen. Leider schmecken die Macarons sehr fade.
Ich hatte Cassis und Himbeer und beide schmeckten nur trocken und nach Zucker.
Die Sorten waren kaum auseinander zu halten. Da gibts in Berlin viele, viele, bessere Läden bei denen man sich noch was abgucken kann!

In a word — nicely looking macarons, mediocre flavor, hard to notice different flavors.
Longer version (for the brave) — This is my second time in this macaron shop.
When I was here a while ago, macarons were slightly smaller, and cost 20 cents less per piece.
We arrived on a sunny day with a crave for macarons, I had good memories from this place but it’s either that my standards are higher now, or this place has gone a bit worse.
Stephane is a very nice guy and is always helpful.
My friend was asking about how does it work and he answered patiently and kindly.
So we purchased four and sat outside —
We tried them all one by one. Raspberry, cassis, mango and chocolate lavender.
The macarons look amazing.
Perfectly shaped, bald colors and service with a smile makes it even better.
However, the flavor didn’t knock me off my feet.
It tastes more like sugar with traces of whatever macaron you’ve ordered, No sign of the almond after taste (which is what macarons are all about).
The only one that was noticeable was the lavender but you couldn’t taste the chocolate in it.
It’s nice, but I’ve had better.

Ein süßer Laden mit einer guten Auswahl. Der Preis von 1,30 € für ein Macaron ist fair und liegt unter dem Durchschnitt. Ich wünschte nur sie wären ein kleines bisschen größer und einen Ticken softer. Aber das ist Meckern auf hohem Niveau. Beim nächsten Mal werden definitiv die Eclairs probiert!

Tja, was soll man sagen: Einfach die besten Macarons weit und breit.

Summary for phone users:
Presentation excellent.
Colours outstanding.
Service excellent.
Price reasonable.
Flavourless, disappointing and cloying (picksüß).
Now, the longer review:
Compared to some macaroons from around the corner at Café Melt (see review), these were found to be either, in comparison to those or very honestly and disappointingly on their own, flavourless and cloying. Unless the flavour was announced before [each flavour is labeled behind the glass], it would be impossible or highly unlikely except for perhaps for the slight remains of chocolate in one macaroon, to know what flavour the macaroon was from the taste. Even from beginning, the stark, unnatural artificial-​looking colouring-​provided colours were off-​putting, designed more to match the chair paint and décor than actual flavours. So instead we had frozen sticks from another vendor also available at the café.
The two of us shared one assortment box of one of each flavour, taking a bit of half of each from some minutes after we got them and again each day over the nextl days, and comparing notes there might be one or two left in the fridge now several days later and this is not from a sense of desiring to preserve ecstasy for later. Rather an avoidance to not eat something tasteless, bland, and overly-​sweet that simply leaves us feeling a little ill.
The most pronounced taste in the macaroons apparently is from powdered white sugar and lots of it in it’s chemically-​denuded ‘glory’, and with it more a feeling of sickness that overcomes the eater, while masking any other flavours present. It was not even possible to more than very slightly, detect the savoury taste of chocolate or licorice in the two related macaroons which should have each had strong notes.
Until flavour enters into these, except for everything else the shop has to offer, looks, coffee and location with service, it is suggested to avoid the macaroons here like the plague, and instead get the very intensely-​flavoured macaroons at
Café Melt!

Superlecker! Meine dreizehnjährige Nichte war so begeistert, dass sie nach dem Verzehr noch weitere vier Macarons kaufen musste. Das spricht für sich. Einen Stern Abzug gibt es, weil es sonntags leider keine Macarons im Lädchen gibt.

Soeben hat Stéphane seinen Laden eröffnet. Die besten Macarons Berlins haben ein Zuhause gefunden!