Centre PS Macarons

I heard alot about Centre PS's macarons, so I went all the way to Guan Chuan just to try these macarons. Why i said all the way, because they only have one outlet and it's located away from public transport. We almost have a hard time locating it. And i have to go there twice before i get to taste their macarons. Because the first time we went was on sunday and they closed on sunday, so we only got to eat them the following week.

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I was lucky because i went there about one hour before closing and there were only two boxes left, one in box of 5 the other box of 10. So i bought the box of 10 so that i can try all their flavours.

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Light brown - Caramel and salt - It nice but very sweet.

Yellow - lemon - again taste like kong guan lemon biscuit.

Navy blue - black sesame - Very nice aroma. Not as sweet as the rest, but it's not as chewy as compared to the rest.

Blue - Violet - Not sure what is that. Nothing special, taste like original.

Dark Pink - Raspberry - Mild raspberry taste with hard chewy centre.

Light Pinks- Strawberry and Lychee - mild strawberry taste, also hard at centre. Love the lychee, very refreshing and nice aroma.

Purple - Lavender and chocolate - Very nice. I like the combination and not too sweet. It was my favourite.

Orange - Bergamot - Tint of orange flavour with buttercream filling.

Chocolate - Strong chocolate flavour and not too sweet.

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Overall, in general their macarons are sweeter than Canale. But i like some of their flavours such as the lavender, sesame and lychee were really nice.

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Centre Ps Pte Ltd

78 Guan Chuan Street#01-43

Singapore 160078

Tel: (65) 6220 1285

Website: http://www.centre-ps.com/

Email: concierge@centre-ps.com

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Canele Macarons

I have heard alot about macarons from Canele but have yet to try them out. So when i was there, i just bought all their twelve flavours, so i can taste all at one go (i know, i am mad, mad about macarons).

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Pinks for rose and raspberry - Rose is with buttercream, ok, don't really fancy that. Raspberry seems to pair with raspberry jam? Not too sure, taste like jam to me, very sweet.

Yellows for lemon and passionfruit - Lemon with buttercream, reminds me of the kong guan lemon biscuit. Passionfruit - i love this unusual flavour, it was sweet and tangy. But PK didn't like that at all. He said it taste weird. So i guess this flavour is very subjective, it's either you like it or you don't.

Green for pistachio - with buttercream, very mild pistachio flavour.

Purple for violet - don't know what was that, taste like some flavouring with buttercream.

Browns for chocolate (Guanaja - 70% dark chocolate, feullitine (the one with flakes on top) and coffee ) - All are fine, but my favour was the feullitine, it was very good!

Beiges for salty caramel and praline noisette - i like them both. I like the aroma of the nutty flavour in the praline noisette. I had always like caramel and salty caramel balance out the sweetness. But PK didn't like the salty caramel, he finds it too salty.

Orange for bergamot - taste like just another kon guan to me but in orange flavour.

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Overall, i think Canale's macarons are nicer than alot of others, because most of them are not too sweet. My favourites are the Passionfruit and feullitine follow by praline and salty caramel.

However, i find their sales strategy is weird. One mac for $2.30, 12 for $28.50 (whereby 12*2.30 is only $27.60). I thought the more you buy, it should be cheaper? Anyway, we are actually paying for the packaging.