For someone that's not usually a morning person, I made the exception for Zumbaron Day this year; promptly woke up by 7 to be in the queue at The Star store by 8am. Unfortunately there were a fair few more eager beavers than I'd hoped so where we were placed in the queue, it was still a good hour wait till we got to the counter when the doors opened. But you know what, Adriano was in the kitchen and whilst I didn't have my face pressed against the window (that would've been embarrassing), there was a slight spring in my step and the queue didn't seem so bad. Plus the boy and I made friends with the people that were behind us and they were just as excited as we were to be at our first Zumbaron Day.
A good ten minutes was sent perusing the 62 macaron flavours on the menu. Of the 62, 6 were only available at The Star store so that was a bit of a no-brainer; I'd be taking those for sure. And well, 10 minutes later, it became clear that I'd just order all the flavours; that way I wouldn't be missing out on any of them.
So usually I'm the crazy one that takes all the photos but the boy couldn't help himself and whipped out his phone camera and took a few too. The macarons are so, so pretty! Almost too pretty to eat!
Here are the specialty macarons that were only available at The Star store (clockwise from top left): Custard fritter, Duck Pancake, Pork Belly & Fried Chicken.
And here are the other two (from left): Hamburger & Fried Doughnut.
Fried chicken macaron innards - and yes, it tasted exactly like chicken.
Didn't think Adriano could pull this one off by here you have it, a Duck Pancake macaron which tastes exactly like the real thing.
Pork Belly. Whilst in the queue, I actually watched them making this one. One very red macaron sandwiched with 2 pieces of pork belly in a bun. Baked in the oven so that the macaron turns into a sweet red sauce when you eat it.
Happy as ever; me with the Choc Mallow Pop.
We haven't quite got through the entire haul yet but find that they're keeping well in the fridge (you know what, I actually think they taste better after they've been sitting in the fridge for a bit - they keep firm and some strangely retain their crunch). My favourite to date is probably the salted caramel. The strangest one had to be the Kimchi thought there's still a Wasabi and ginger one to try. Happy Zumbaron Day!
3 comments:
Wow, that's dedication!! I rocked up a bit later in the day - was very impressed with the macs they had this year.
I wasn't nearly as dedicated! I rocked up for lunch nearby with friends and didn't join the queue til after 2pm. Thankfully all flavours were still available then, but our focus was definitely on the ones exclusive to The Star. Lots of colourful fun!
I've been waiting to see a fellow bloggers' post about Zumbaron Day! I didn't get to line up for them; as I only discovered about the 'Day' a few hours too late - haha! The flavours are amazing. As my friend says, Zumbo is like our own Willy Wonka for macarons..
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