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| - This is a review ONLY of the macarons from Sugar Tiers. I was given a dozen of assorted flavours to try this weekend, and overall I wasn't impressed.
I'm a girl who loves her Ladurée, Pierre Hérme and Jean-Paul Hévin (aka the holy trinity of French macarons) so I have a very discerning palette when it comes to macarons, and I'm still on the hunt for a decent place in Toronto (or GTA at least).
Appearance: glossy shell, nice height on the "pied" (foot). They are about 2" sized, which is the perfect size. Some are decorated with garnishes related to their flavour (ex. crushed rose petals, a piece of dried mango, cocoa powder).
Cookie quality: the shells are dry, and although they have a good flakiness and don't crumble all over the place they are very chewy. In fact, they are the chewiest macaron's I've ever had! It was bizarre!
Filling: All of the macarons I received have a cream-based filling, possibly buttercream - although I could swear the Vanilla had plain whipped cream in it! They are not too rich or sweet. In fact, I would actually call a few of these bland because I couldn't actually discern what flavor I was eating.
To start off, I chose Vanila, Chocolate and Caramel. They way Chinese folks say you can tell everything you need to know from a dimsum place by their har gow (shrimp dumplings) and siu mai, I can tell all I need to from a macaron maker by these three flavours (and maybe a fruit flavour).
Vanilla: tasted like whipped cream filling, very faint vanilla aroma but no discernible vanilla taste when eaten.
Chocolate: tasted like (and look like a minuature of) a Mr. Christie's Cakester. Had an unpleasant aftertaste and was quite unpleasant. I had a bite and couldn't finish it.
Caramel: There was a thin layer of caramel layered inside with the cream filling. It was very subtle, and not bad.
Mango: Aromatic, but doesnt taste like much. Reminded me of a very mild mango flavored cake from a chinese bakery.
Rose: (note: in general, this flavour is very hard to get right. It is either amazing or can go VERY wrong. I love Pierre Hermé's Lychee-Rose, but think the Ladurée Rose macaron tastes like grandma's soap). I quite enjoyed this one. The rose flavour is very subtle so this flavour is not too overwhelming. However, combined with the chewiness of the cookie, I felt like I was eating Turkish Delight.
Overall impression:
If you are looking for some inexpensive, but very pretty macarons to decorate a table at a party, then this place is great. The macarons were on sale for $15/dozen. If you're the demographic that finds most desserts, cakes and sweets too sweet to tolerate, you might have some luck with the macarons here since these weren't particularly sweet. If you're looking for a gourmet macaron experience, don't bother here.
Their shop is also up much further north than I would ever deliberately venture, so I'll probably never visit their storefront location
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