Blank Doll tastes @ Bakerzin.

Well now, in recent months, friends have been raving about the macarons at Bakerzin with some going so far as to suggest that they were better than those at Cannele. Bemused by such a claim (Canele may be far from Gerard Mulot but it is one of the better purveyors of desserts around, even when you factor in the inevitable hype that goes with the Les Amis branding machine), I actually bothered to go to the Bakerzin at Paragon to try a few.

Firstly, I have to say that a restaurant, that until a few years ago dedicated to modern French food kept simple, which serves something as blatantly gimmicky as otah bruschetta has got to be kidding. So purists will level the accusation that Au Jardin dares to serve lemongrass souffle and nobody complains but really, otah? Bruschetta? Gee.

Anyway, I ordered a plate of four. Their flavours are rather limited I think and ripping Isaphan straight from Pierre Hermes tries too hard though the fanboy in me could not resist the urge to order one though it was unfortunately not on the menu. I took a chocolate raspberry, a foret noire, a hazelnut and a rose.

People who like the macarons at Bakerzin have not eaten a proper macaron before, at least, not the way they do it at Laduree where the shell is not overinflated with air to the point of brittleness. I found the flavours insipid though the hazelnut was quite promising. The rose, arguably, is better than the one at Cannele although the chocolate raspberry was confused and the foret noire lacked the taste of kirsch.

In general, I'm not sure I really liked the macarons at Bakerzin although this does not, in any way, endorse those at Cannele since they have, of late, disappointed far more often than they have delighted.

If you should like macarons, I think there are actually some online bakers in Singapore who make rather good stuff. Here's Mad Baker .

C'est tout.