Visiting Laduree in LA

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Today I’m sharing a trip report about visiting Laduree in LA!  I have written many times about my love for macarons in the past, so I was very excited when Laduree opened a store in Los Angeles.

I had been salivating over when I was going to eat my next Laduree macaron and bothered my husband for quite some time (…every month since it opened…) to please go to LA so I could eat a macaron and some other pastries.

Finally we were able to clear some time in our schedule for our trip.  Laduree opened two locations in Southern California – one at the Grove and one in Beverly Hills.  We went to the one at the Grove.

Beautiful macarons galore! Sorry my pictures are not the greatest, I was sneaking pictures as I wasn’t sure if they were allowed!

This pastry counter did not have as many people at it as the ones in France – good! More time for me to stare the delicious desserts!

Ok, let’s drag ourselves away from the pastry counter. Time to sit down and eat.

I love all of their logos!

I had wished we dined inside, but the opportunity to dine outside at the end of January when it was 80 degrees was impossible to pass up, so we dined outside.  We ordered “normal food” – I ordered a salad which was delicious but frankly it is not as pretty as pastries so no pictures of it! Frankly nothing special.

I ordered my favorite tea – the Mélange Ladurée tea. It is a mix of China black tea, Sri Lankan black tea, and rose petals. It also has essences of orange, caramel, vanilla, cinnamon, bergamot, and black currant. If you love Earl Grey, you’ll also love this blend! It is my favorite – you can buy tea to go home with. I tried to stock up but they were sold out.  That’s okay… I still have a box from that time I made us to go Ladurée in Zürich, Switzerland (that’s another story, but it involved parts of driving down a train track and a pedestrian zone, on accident of course).

I love their china – yes I was discreetly tacky and turned over the plate to see who made it.  It is by Bernardaud (of course) and this pattern is made special for Laduree.  My husband ordered a cappuccino.

Yes, they even have the mini Diet Cokes just like Paris – made me giggle so I took a picture.

Now for dessert!  Below, we enjoyed a crispy Dacquoise cake with hazelnuts, praline and milk chocolate topped with milk chocolate whipped cream.

Next, the rose raspberry Saint Honore.  It is rose filled choux pastry topped with rose chantilly cream.  The base has a raspberry compote hidden beneath the pillows of rose cream.  It is so beautiful – and the great part was that it felt “light” – meaning I still had room for macarons!

Alright, time for macaron pictures!  Having been there before, we knew which ones were our favorites.  The white ones are orange blossom and are our favorite!  Then there is raspberry and pistachio.

I do confess I like to collect cute little boxes to use for decorating – tucked here and there.  I purchased this solely for the box, does anyone else do that? 

Below, an assortment.  Let’s see… raspberry, pistachio, rose, lemon, salted caramel and vanilla!

Here’s my final review: The macarons, pastries and food taste just like they do in Paris.  But, the setting is not like Paris – there is nothing like dining on the Champs- Elysees!  That said, this is *much* closer and *much* cheaper for me to go to this location than to Paris!  Of course I’ll be back.

Check out my review of the Laduree Tea Room located in Paris at the Champs Elysees! 

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