Seriously

I don't get it. Macaroons feature on nearly every blog in an array of wonderful photos and I was intrigued. They are very pretty colours and look like they would be delicious, I'm always up for trying a sweet treat. So I got one in a cafe a little while ago, Lavender flavour. Is that where I went wrong? Was it the flavour? Because it was a disgusting little morsel and I couldn't bring myself to finish it. (I feel like I just committed a blogging crime). I was expecting a light texture like a meringue but it was so very...different. After reading a bit more on them now I realise that they are described more as a biscuit, so perhaps it was just my incorrect expectations... or my unsophisticated kiwi palette. Maybe one day I'll give them another go but for now I'm happy to just look at the pictures and keep on wondering about this extreme blog-world fascination with macaroons.

All images via weheartit