All right Ollie we're in Paris, we need to find the best macarons we can.
Bonjour.
I think they took over the Nespresso pod shop.
Mogador.
Mogador, that’s part of Middle Earth.
Shut up.
Rose, vanilla de Madagascar.
Infiniment chocolat pure origine brésil.
Why am I doing this? x2
Caramel and sesame noir.
Can we get all of them?
They're all in French.
Definitely not.
Why not?
How am I the one saying we can't get all of them?
Bonjour. C’est magnifique. (Hello. This is magnificent.)
Which is…
The best?
Yeah your most popular.
Rose, lychee, and raspberry ok.
Wow, milk chocolate and passionfruit.
How many normally can you eat without feeling sick?
It depends who you are.
40!
We’ll take 40.
Hey Gabie.
It's famous chef, Gabie Kook.
We got 12 different macarons.
Ok amazing.
How are we going to do a comparison?
What do you mean?
We don't even know which one is which.
Let's be honest, people don't come to us for reviews.
What do they come to us for?
No idea.
Pardon, je suis désolé. (Excuse me, I’m sorry.)
Nailed it.
Sorry. x2
Let's go get some more macarons.
Merci beaucoup. (Thank you.)
Look at us.
Triple dating in Paris.
You weren't invited, you just tagged along.
I invited Josh first.
Excuse me you invited Josh and then Josh invited me.
C’est magnifique, non? (This is magnificent, no?)
Je suis désolé. (I am sorry.)
Can we have one Marie-Antoinette.
One grapefruit timut pepper.
Why not say pampermousse, pamplemousse if you can.
Is that what grapefruit is in French?
Yeah, Am I saying that right?
Yes, pamplemousse.
And a raspberry coated in dark chocolate.
Merci beaucoup. (Thank you.)
We have been to three of the biggest hitters in the macaron game.
He says holding a McCafé box.
Ladurée.
Pierre Hermé.
We are going to be comparing them for you today.
To find out which of these macarons is “el” président.
The Emmanuel Macaron.
What's the plural of macaron?
I was making a president of France joke but you just completely missed it.
Sorry, Gabie's calling me.
Gabies getting ready, she's on her way.
Let's see how many macarons we can eat before Gabie arrives.
That's not the competition.
Should we start with the “Classique”?
It's got a little note.
The story of the Ladurée macaron starts with Pierre de Fontaine.
Who at the beginning of the 20th century.
First thought of taking two macaron shells and joining them with a delicious ganache
filling.
This guy made the macaron?
Apparently, the original recipe is this little guy here.
This is the Bitter Almond, a 160-year-old recipe.
Oh, baby.
That is the best macaron, we found el Presidente.
That's gonna be hard to top.
We're not supposed to start with the best.
Like the video just gets more boring from here on out.
It's incredible.
The thing is it's bland so it holds the centre ground,
Just like Emmanuel Macron.
Can you stop talking about French politics?
Okay sorry.
Next up let's continue on the classic route let's go pistachio.
Oh wow.
The thing is the texture is just incredible.
That's better than the one we just had.
Gabie, where are you?
Did you just finish that pistachio one?
I had one small bite.
I accidentally finished the best macaron.
Accidentally, my ass.
I honestly didn't even realise.
Was that not good?
Yes, incredible obviously.
Better than the first one?
Yeah.
This one is café.
Oh, coffee.
They're so delicate aren't they?
Oh gosh, it's truly disgusting bite.
Ok, the initial taste is very coffee cake-like.
The aftertaste is like espresso.
Like pow!
It’s an assault on the senses.
Let's wash away the flavour with a bit of lemon.
I think you mean “lémon”.
Is that what they call it?
Yup.
Right?
That's good, that's like a lemon sorbet in a beautifully flaky delicate shell.
I don't want the chocolate one.
Well hello, this is not just chocolate.
This is chocolate-wrapped raspberry coated with dark chocolate.
What's going on top as well, it looks like chilli powder.
Raspberry dandruff maybe?
Does raspberry have dandruff?
Raspberry shavings is what I'll go with.
Now it sounds like a raspberry shave, gross.
Very visually pleasing on the inside.
Honestly.
Looks like a chocolate I would give my granny.
No offence granny I don't love the chocolates I give you.
They're expensive, that's how I communicate my love.
It's alright granny won't watch this, I don't think she'll watch this.
She might, crap.
I love you, granny.
Hey.
Hey, Gabs.
Thanks for coming and joining us.
How beautiful is it out here?
It's the perfect triple date.
No no no.
Not even having any of it.
Maybe we should triple high five like we did back in Barcelona.
You guys have never wanted to do that again.
I wonder why.
Because it was weird.
Which one are you most interested in trying?
The black sesame one.
What does black sesame taste off?
(In Korean) Black sesame.
You have it a lot in Korea.
Oh really?
Yeah.
Koreans will love this.
Oh, that's good.
It's got a strong black sesame flavour, but it's still sweet.
So this guy here, the bright blue one.
This is Marie-Antoinette tea.
It tastes like tea with milk in it.
I was expecting like black tea.
But it tastes like tea with milk.
Like English breakfast tea.
Yeah, what the heck?
Sorry, don't say that here.
French breakfast tea.
Yeah French petit-déjeuner thé.
Next up Pamplemousse Timut Pepper.
I've always thought Pamplemousse
Would make a brilliant middle name.
You had a missed opportunity.
I know.
Juno Pamplemousse Kendal.
I definitely should have called her that, dadgummit.
What? x3
What the heck, what's going on there?
It's so empty, it's empty.
And hard.
Normally they crumble in whereas this one's got like a shell.
Also, it does not taste good.
It tastes pample, pample moussed.
Yeah, it does.
Whatever the heck Pamplemousse is, that's what it tastes like.
Okay, this one, it's got dried rose petals on it.
I don't like any rose-related sweets they just taste like lipstick
Maybe this will change your mind though, this will be the first.
No.
You're not gonna like that.
You see?
That tastes like expensive body wash.
It tastes like potpourri made into a candy.
It tastes like licking a supermodel's armpit.
Wow!
Freshly showered supermodel.
We don't know never got that close.
Although if we did get that close I wouldn't try and find out, just to be clear.
What's this one, why is this one slightly purple?
It was black currant violet, that's probably good, I just call it violet.
Merci beaucoup. (Thank you.)
You want to try?
Vous-en veux?
(Would you like some?)
This old French guy came over to take a macaron out of my hand.
He's welcome to if he wanted but I was a bit stunned.
That literally just tastes like Ribena, not a fan of that.
We're five minutes in and we're like disgusting.
I think we may have started with the best.
So I'm kind of worried it's all downhill from here.
I don't know.
What is this one?
Salted caramel.
That's gonna be good.
You think so?
In many ways, it could be the Emmanuel macaron.
What?
Emanuel macaron.
- Because he got a massive majority by playing for the middle ground. - I’m glad you found that funny.
Oh my gosh.
No, come on it's not going to be that good is it?
It's salty at the end wait for the salt to come in.
Oh okay yeah the salt.
That's really good.
Vanille.
I do love vanilla, I love vanilla ice cream, my favourite.
What?
Is your favourite flavour of vanilla?
My favourite flavour of ice creams are all vanilla based.
But you always order chocolate ice cream.
Ice cream with chocolate in it but vanilla based.
Is it any wonder that Josh is a fan of incredibly complicated board games?
It's all about the details man.
Yeah exactly, loves vanilla, loves details.
Okay.
It tastes like air.
That's boring.
I might like it.
It's bland, it's too bland.
Wow, I can't believe we literally tried all of those.
Holy crap I've got so much sugar running through my bloodstream already.
What is this?
How many did you get?
Whoa, these are the Collection Infiniment, and the Collection Signature.
There's two collections.
Why do you try to pronounce it in French?
Look I'm doing my best alright im trying.
I want this powdery one.
Okay, that is Mogador.
What?
It's the one from the Lord of the Rings.
What is it?
Milk chocolate and passion fruit.
What I learned about myself through the chocolate course is that.
I hate fruit plus chocolate combinations!
Oh, Gabie.
I hate orange chocolate, I hate raspberry chocolate, I hate strawberry chocolate, I hate passion fruit chocolate.
I hate it so much.
I’ve never felt closer to you as a joint wife.
Honestly, I couldn't agree with you more.
I disagree but whatever,
Chocolate and fruit.
Stop.
Just stop it.
You know what let's save that one for someone else to have.
Okay, choose another one.
Black sesame and uh blah blah blah.
Blah blah blah?
I don't remember what it is.
So it's caramel and crispy black sesame.
So this is a combination of two of the flavours we've already tried.
Does it work, complementary?
The outside is less flaky.
That's good.
That's good is it better than what we just had though?
I don't think so.
Because the caramel flavour is so intense I can’t really taste the black sesame.
It's in there though.
You know what we need to try, is this little guy here.
Infiniment Kinako.
Are these all infinity stones?
No no, some of them are the Infiniment collection.
Thanos (in French accent)
What is Kinako?
The guy yeah he said it was soy powder.
Is it injeolmi?
It is injeolmi!
You rubbed your nose all over that.
Really went in for a sniff.
It is injeolmi.
Is it?
Rotate it.
Yeah, it is, good thing we got it covered.
Injeolmi macaron I did not see that coming.
Which is yeah it's soybean powder, it's like a really dry, intense flavour.
Injeolmi!
It's a distinctive flavour as well.
This is so good, this is so Korean.
Oh weird.
I love the flavour.
But for me I want that to be dipped.
In injeolmi itself.
Let's go for yoghurt pistachio and raspberry.
All in one I mean that sounds like a lot.
Look at the layers.
Tastes like a doughnut.
The jam is overpowering for me.
Oh, the yoghurt and then the jam.
Oh, it tastes like jam in rice pudding.
Disappointed.
Did you like that?
I quite like that.
Oh really?
So jammy.
So this one is cherry blossom.
Wow, look at the colour in that.
Really don't like sweet flavoured, any flower.
Flowers need to be savoury.
Yeah.
Any guess what this one is?
Cookie.
Wrong, I don't know why I'm asking.
Hazelnut.
It's chocolate and white miso.
Miso, like, the soup?
Yeah, miso soup and chocolate.
I actually don't mind this one.
I like that a lot yeah.
You don't like it?
No, it's like salted milk chocolate after having some miso soup.
The next one I am very excited about.
There's nuts on the top.
Infiniment praliné noisette.
Oh gosh sliding around.
I love that.
Yeah.
I love nutty tastes.
I'm telling you that is sublime.
Praline is really good.
That's the best.
Wow, we ended there on a high.
That was fantastic!
So the question now is will Ladurée stay on top?
I forgot which one was the last.
- When faced with McCafé. - I forgot we got McDonald's macarons.
We have six of Ronald's finest.
Okay, I want to start out with this lemon one.
It's heavier.
Maybe more sugar?
Yeah.
Denser?
Which a macaron shouldn't be.
Try it.
I mean I don't want to use you know poncy words like mouthfeel.
But the mouthfeel, not even in the same league.
It's worse but not 20 times worse.
It's still a macaron I mean yeah hey.
If we could buy these at McDonald's in England this would be a must-buy.
That's true.
Every single time I went to Mcdonald's.
That's true.
You want to go with that one?
Yeah, I think it's a chocolate one.
Try it.
Well, we'll see.
Maybe it's black sesame.
They're very thick they're not flaky in the same way.
So sticky and hard.
They're not flaky at all.
Like you want it to be.
Oh very dense.
Really chewy.
What the hell is that?
It's very chewy.
It's getting into all my teeth everywhere like stuck in there.
We've sat here for 20 minutes now we're just like ***** on the people's macaron.
We’re like, what is this disgusting?
I don't think you can tell French people that McDonald's makes the people's macaron.
This one tastes like a McDonald's milkshake.
You would love that. Mcdonald's milkshake in a macaron.
This is literally your favourite flavour.
What?
It literally tastes like a milkshake on the inside.
Oh, this one is horrible!
Go back and try a bit of the Ladurée one.
This is the worst one.
Is it rose again?
It's rose.
So much sugar!
Who is “el prosident”?
“El prosident”?, I'm pretty sure that's Spanish.
Who is le prosident, président.
Why can’t I say, president?
What's the best one?
I think the the first one, the almond.
I agree the first one was in my top three.
I think the pistachio, just the classic pistachio.
I didn't try the pistachio.
Because Ollie finished it before you came.
I accidentally finished it all.
Accidently.
I think black sesame and injeolmi was so like wow!
Fresh.
Super Asian but it works.
Really enjoyed it.
It actually really did work.
Seriously though.
The vanilla one from McDonald's that was like a Willy Wonka moment.
It tasted identical to a vanilla milkshake.
That was I think genuinely the best thing we had from McDonald's.
Yeah definitely.
We've had a lot of sugar today.
So much sweet stuff.
I wanna go and brush my teeth and lie down.
You need to.
I’m just relieved there's any left.
All right.
See you JOLLY soon.
See you guys later.
We’re still in JOLLY Paris baby.
We’re gonna go eat some cheese.
Look at that parmesan!
It looks like it's just been found in a field.
How are you supposed to eat this?
Oh, literally I might vomit just from the smell.
It's on the straw as well.
How can you like that?
We should do this more often.
We should, every lunchtime.
Train to Paris.
Alors .
Ok cheese and wine.
Saucissons. (Sausages)