It must be nice to be awarded the 2016 San Pellegrino Best Pastry Chef in the World.
It must be nice to credited as having the best macarons in the world.
Although I'm not huge on macarons, it seemed difficult to pass up the opportunity to try them. This particular store in Galeries Lafayette Maison (35 boulevard Haussmann) serves macarons but not pastries so I'll have to leave the latter to another time.
The macarons eaten included the recommended, popular and award winning mogador (milk chocolate with passionfruit) and montebello (half strawberry, half pistachio). The flavours are nice and sweet but not sickeningly so. The flavour starts off very lightly and intensifies at the end. What is most impressive is that the shells are soft and delicate, unlike the firm crispy versions I've sampled elsewhere all over the world. This is refinement.