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9th June 2011

Laduree Covent Garden; Thank you Emily of JCPR for treating us to tea.

Well this officially makes Covent Garden a minefield, now doesn’t it. The best jacket potato in London happens to be just around the corner, as well as a SNOG and the Icecreamists… and you know what they say: you set off one mine, the rest go off. I think it’s high time I freeze my card in an ice block or leave the sweet tooth on the bedside table (along with my dentures) when coming out to the area. Although I do fear it’ll all be in vain – the new opening of a Ladurée also initiated a new opening of a stomach chamber, one adjacent to the Nevermind-the-full-stomach,-time-for-coffee chamber… this one specifically for Orange Blossom macarons. If the debitcard is back in the freezer then I guess I’ll have to start cutting off hair to pay for a box of macarons.

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  1. Le Fanciulle
    June 9, 2011 at 3:06 am

    Should really studying, but your beautiful photos are taking me back to Laduree in Paris!!

    xx T
    lefanciulle.blogspot.com

  2. Wynn
    June 9, 2011 at 3:15 am

    If those macarons tastes as good as they look, I’d sell my blood for them if bank account is not cooperating! Haha! I love macarons!

  3. Bec
    June 9, 2011 at 3:29 am

    that does look like heaven. food is considered a “need” right. unfreeze the card :)

  4. Julia
    June 9, 2011 at 4:00 am

    Everything looks delicious, even the furniture.

  5. Regan
    June 9, 2011 at 4:46 am

    Your photography is so gorgeous! I love your blog <3

    Regan
    http://www.a-fashion-ado.blogspot.com

  6. Jessie
    June 9, 2011 at 5:09 am

    love a great and good old macaroon. super delicious and beautiful to look at.
    xx, http;//wordbyjessie.com/

  7. The Fancy Teacup
    June 9, 2011 at 5:13 am

    Such delectable confections! A girl’s day can always be brightened up with demure macaroons and savory teas.

    http://www.TheFancyTeacup.com

  8. letiziabarcelona
    June 9, 2011 at 6:21 am

    everything is sooo precious! I love the first dress and all the atmosphere from the pictures!!

    lucky you! You’re the best.

    xoxo

  9. shilpi
    June 9, 2011 at 6:33 am

    Your photos are so delish ..makes me want to reach out and pop one macaron in my mouth

  10. Clara
    June 9, 2011 at 7:16 am

    My mouth is watering. Is that creepy? Those look insanely delicious. I’m jealous of your proximity to them. Straight up.

    Clara
    http://thesunshinerebellion.blogspot.com

  11. Mani
    June 9, 2011 at 7:19 am

    Oh my gosh that looks like heaven :0 I’m dying to try macarons from there!

  12. Jessica
    June 9, 2011 at 7:39 am

    Ugh I love Laduree and everything they choose to be. GAWD BLESS LADUREE & their magnificent talent with pastries. ♥

  13. Kertu
    June 9, 2011 at 8:11 am

    I love the pictures and their colors, so pastel and pure!

  14. s
    June 9, 2011 at 8:20 am

    WONDERFUL pics… ;D
    love <3

    STREET STYLE: KANYE WEST @ JCDC show
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  15. Jo - Lost in the Haze
    June 9, 2011 at 8:55 am

    Mmm, those macarons look so delicious!

    x
    http://www.lostinthehaze.com

  16. anita
    June 9, 2011 at 10:07 am

    always love the way you take a pic,wonderful pastel color.me likely so much.
    and your outfit gorgeous as well

  17. Courtney
    June 9, 2011 at 10:24 am

    Your photos always look like something out of a dream! I’m constantly envious. You capture the most beautiful shots! X

  18. joy
    June 9, 2011 at 10:29 am

    It’s almost kinda ridiculous they treat PASTRY like jewellery. But who am I kiddin’? It’s Ladurée.

  19. Karolina
    June 9, 2011 at 10:51 am

    Wow! So many macarons and all ready to be eaten :)

  20. Piruletadegato
    June 9, 2011 at 11:04 am

    mmmmm macaroons…

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  21. michelle
    June 9, 2011 at 11:31 am

    your life looks so fab :) i loveee macarons &sweet desserts

  22. Kristina
    June 9, 2011 at 12:15 pm

    Those photos are amazing, it looks so delicious! Please, what camera do you use? Thanks.

  23. Shini
    June 11, 2011 at 1:02 am

    Thank you! I use a Canon 5D Mark II :)

  24. Yolanda
    June 12, 2011 at 3:23 pm

    @Shini,Then what lens do you normally use? I love the photos in your December archive!!:)

  25. Yolanda
    June 12, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    OOOH I didn’t see the comment below! So you’re using a 50mm :) Thanks!

  26. nana
    June 9, 2011 at 12:57 pm

    You take the best photos!!!! They are always so magical and while I am looking at them, I’m drawn into it wishing I was there.

    avecdeslunettes.blogspot.com

  27. Mandy
    June 9, 2011 at 1:34 pm

    Oh, Ladurée. Be still my heart. Best news I’ve heard all year is they’re opening one in New York!

  28. Amanita
    June 9, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    Exquisito!!!! Me encanta!!!!. Bicos

    http://isauraamandabybastos.blogspot.com/

  29. Kit
    June 9, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    OMG I thought it was a thick carpet curtain tied with a ribbon (first pic), until I saw the legs above.

  30. agata
    June 9, 2011 at 2:05 pm

    Oh myyyy. Now I know what I’ll be doing in London in July- heading to Covent Garden after my classes and trying not to get crazy among all those macarons and pastries. Om nom nom!
    And these photographs make me even more hungry. They’re just too realistic.
    I sent you an email a couple days ago, hope you’ll respond when you have time. xx

  31. Lisa
    June 9, 2011 at 2:07 pm

    omg… how can you freeze YOUR card… when you are in the mist of such amazing treats!

  32. Tina G.
    June 9, 2011 at 4:15 pm

    What a wonderful photos!

    New giveaway on my blog:
    http://tinagfashionblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/monilia-fashion-jewels-giveaway.html

  33. Sarah
    June 9, 2011 at 5:45 pm

    oh, great pictures!

  34. Wardrobe Block
    June 9, 2011 at 7:55 pm

    Lovely photos. I love laduree!

  35. Louise
    June 9, 2011 at 10:53 pm

    Ladurée will always make my heart beat a little faster. The food, the masterpieces they make and just the taste of it…. gah, it is almost heaven. I love the shots. I suppose I just need to move to either Paris or London… :)

  36. saigon
    June 9, 2011 at 11:02 pm

    you dont seenmt o get away from macarons. keeping you their slave?

  37. buki fadipe
    June 9, 2011 at 11:20 pm

    hack it all off! Its worth going for a full on crop for those scrumtious macaroons! Wow, what great news, tea at Laudree it is tomorrow. Thanks for charing. xx

  38. ela
    June 10, 2011 at 2:28 am

    I like your blog…Great pics. What camera and depth lens are shooting with?
    thanks.

  39. Shini
    June 11, 2011 at 1:01 am

    Thank you! I use a Canon 5D Mark II with 50mm f1.4 :)

  40. joanna
    June 10, 2011 at 2:57 am

    I adore the pastel themed post, Shini. Ladurée, of course, sounds amazing. I hope one day I will have saved enough pennies to pop over to London/Paris, visit their shop, and promptly fall into a macaron-induced coma. (Oh the pleasant dreams of a poor student.) My favourite flavours from the local patisseries include charred coconut and black rice, lychee bubble tea and of course the classic pistachio.

    PS: the other day I discovered a new stomach chamber too, exclusively for budae jjigae. It was a windy wintry evening and I could not get enough of its spicy + warming + bubbly goodness.

    PPS: wow, trust me to go off on a complete tangent about culinary delights.

  41. Tsze
    June 10, 2011 at 3:07 am

    My mouth is watering now… The macarons! Delicious rainbow! And the print of your outfit looks awesome too as do the photos

  42. Michelle @ Glisters & Blisters
    June 10, 2011 at 4:31 am

    yummmmm.. i went to the laduree in harrods in may, and they didnt allow us to take photos, so lucky of you that you had the opportunity to photograph those wonderful goodies !

  43. fashion tidbits
    June 10, 2011 at 5:06 am

    I really want to jump up and down on those velvet green plush chairs!!! I’ve literally got a pool of drool on my computer desk right now.

  44. Mary
    June 10, 2011 at 11:32 am

    I wish there was a Laduree in Australia. Regardless, I’m definitely going to go into one someday in the future! The macarons / treats look deeelicious.

  45. Seraphina
    June 10, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    I absolutely ADORE the colours in this post! The pastel palette is so lovely.

  46. Winnie
    June 10, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Ah Swoon, the Laduree in Covent Garden looks stunning. This is definitely a must visit next time I come down to London!

  47. Daphne
    June 10, 2011 at 4:49 pm

    I’m a big fan of your blog. And I want you to know that I find your writing style extremely good and the photographs you take are gorgeous as well!
    + Wow, the food looks sooooooooooooooo jummy!

  48. Jacqueline J.
    June 10, 2011 at 9:12 pm

    Pink, Parisian, pretty.

  49. Rebecca
    June 10, 2011 at 11:14 pm

    Oh my God, these pictures, I’m dying. So gorgeous!

  50. Olive
    June 11, 2011 at 1:09 am

    ENVY!! I pretty jealous with your life! It looks nice strolling around to get a nice pictures and fine foods.
    I love every single picture that you captured specially the details of macaroons :)
    The interior is superb! speechless..

  51. Shini
    June 11, 2011 at 1:14 am

    Ah I don’t have such an envyworthy life really, I get to experience such thing courtesy of their PR just once and then it’s like everyone else, lushing over beautiful/unaffordable/exclusive things.

  52. Olive
    June 11, 2011 at 1:27 am

    Ah Shini, you are too humble. Every girl who read your blog wants to have a life like yours.
    At least you have an opportunity to try it and spread some beautiful captures for us :)
    I really love a post like this beside your inspiring outfit post..

    *a huge fan of your blog

  53. Faith
    June 11, 2011 at 5:54 am

    Shini, I love your pants/leggings. That swirly pattern is hypnotizing…

    ~F

  54. Julia M
    June 11, 2011 at 1:20 pm

    Oh wow, this looks….oh wow. I’ve always wanted to visit London, but this post has pushed it to the top of my must-visit places!

  55. chloe.eloise
    June 12, 2011 at 4:40 am

    I love this post! Its like pastel wonderland! Its so beautiful!

    ♡ Fox Whiskers

  56. jjoongie
    June 12, 2011 at 5:35 pm

    whenever i make it to london and/or warsaw, i’m going to embark upon an ‘as seen on park & cube’ tour …!

  57. Sarah Klassen
    June 13, 2011 at 6:26 pm

    One of my favorite places in the entire world! (as well as your blog, of course!) Ladurée is pure heaven… and these photos, my goodness. You are so talented — each time I see a new post, I want to be there :) Hope you are having a great Monday.

    xoxo,
    Sarah

  58. Camille S.
    June 18, 2011 at 8:45 pm

    Your blog is really amazing! I LOVE it! :)
    And… I love Ladurée ;)

    xx

  59. lula
    June 23, 2011 at 7:44 pm

    i rarely do comment – but these pictures!

    i.
    am.
    amazed.

  60. tokyo nana
    July 2, 2011 at 6:26 am

    somehow, even just the first picture tipped me off that this owuld be about ladurée. oh, your pictures are beautiful.

  61. konsum
    July 2, 2011 at 9:29 am

    I just redescovered your blog. It is so amazing. Your photographs are so good an professional! Love it.

  62. 노현아
    July 8, 2011 at 7:34 am

    참 마카롱은 멋으면 별맛없는데 참 맛나보인단 말이야.. 희한하지..

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  64. Shell Sherree
    September 15, 2011 at 8:50 am

    Your photos are exquisite! I’ve only just discovered your blog ~ how can that be?! Thank you for the sweet glimpses of this particular Ladurée store. A girlfriend lives in NYC and queued for their opening recently ~ and worth every moment. Thank you for the beautiful post.

  65. maria
    November 14, 2011 at 5:35 pm

    Woow. These images make my heart beat faster. Absolutely delicious! Congratulations for your blog. Long time that I didn’t find posts so stunning.
    maría

  66. Magda
    April 24, 2012 at 7:39 am

    Wow, these are great photos:) I am going to London next week for 10 days and I will definitely go to Laduree :)

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