MakMak Macarons - Newtown

These macarons are made fresh on the premises and come in lots of delicious flavors: salted caramel and praline chocolate are especially great.

These macarons had great flavours and wonderful gooey chewy interiors but the shell had no crispness at all. They charge more than La Belle Miette (for the same size) but they're not in the same class and don't have the central swanky QVB location so it really is poor value. The cookies are very nice but are tiny I'm sure there were large ones in the window but the one I got was even smaller than the macarons but cost more.

I love macarons, and this place make soft cream with macaron, melted in my mouth the first time I had one. I will be back just for take some macarons! Lovely

Had a great few hours with Carlos learning the art and science of macaron making. Good fun and easy to do but hard to do well! We are inspired and bought a few things to have a bash at home. The macarons here of course, are delicious and now I know a well made one from a wannabe, I have a new found respect for the effort it takes. Passionfruit version is our planned first use of new skills. Thanks Carlos :)

I'm yet to try the namesake macarons here but I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of the famous 36 hour chocolate chip cookies. I'd heard about these for a whole and wasn't disappointed. A crunchy on the outside yet soft on the inside cookie packed with lots of chocolate. Tasty but a little bit pricey when it's really just a cookie in the end. Tbh my mum bakes better choc chip ones at home. But she's hard to beat :p