[Food review] Paris Bakery, Dublin, Ireland

On our last day in Dublin, we decided to visit Phoenix Park in search of fallow dears. We found none, and I decided a little sweet was called for to reward ourselves for all the walking.

Sat on Moore Street amongst market stalls selling fruits, vegetables and flowers was this massive bakery/restaurant/patisserie/delicatessen. Having first read about the bakery in French Foodie's blog post on where to find macaroons in Dublin, I set about looking for the macaroons and found them piled high on a large plate next to lots of cake.

I settled for pistachio and lemon flavours. There were also a few other flavours like chocolate and raspberry on display. Their appearance wasn't perfect - they had slightly cracked shells and the filling of the lemon one wasn't distributed symmetrically, but I really enjoyed the slightly chewy texture and the flavours. I have found macaroons from Ladurée too sweet in the past but the sweetness of these macaroons were just right for me. The lemon macaroon actually reminded me of these lemon cheesecake slices from M&S that I adore.

I spotted chocolate twists on display as well and couldn't resist getting one. It was very fresh and full of chocolatey goodness. I prefer pastry hot and microwaved it when I got home - tasted even better with the chocolate slightly melted. Hmmmmm, I'm craving another one as I write.

Macaroons were €0.90 each - very good value considering the ones I saw at Cocoa Atelier were €1.60 each. I think the chocolate twist was €2.00.

Paris bakery

18-19 Moore Street, Dublin 1

Open daily 8am-11pm

Visited in March, 2014