I'd given up macarons for life I thought as I'd tried so many and always been disappointed. To me they all tasted like too much sugar.
Given the reviews and my travelling company, we decided to give these a go. And wow I can say these were truly excellent. Each flavour was very discernible and the texture of crisp shell interspersed with softer chew.
I'm sure I'll be disappointed again in the future because of these.
A little town called Malton is known as the foodie town in Yorkshire. I've been to some of these so called towns before and often wondered how special a little place can be, especially when there are large towns/cities to compare with. And in this little foodie town there is one square called Talbot Yard which hosts an excellent patisserie (for macarons), an ice cream I didn't get to try (too early in the day I think...) and a bakery/coffee place.
The bakery only had limited items by 12pm so I went to visit this odd sounding butcher called Food 2 Remember. It isn't a memorable name at all but they had a decent reputation for pies with only a limited number of reviews. The lovely staff showed me their delightful selection of pastry behind the counter.
The scotch egg was phenomenal. Simply better than any I've tried before. An egg coated in chunky pork sausage roll-filling and a super crisp and seasoned fried coat. It was perfect. The sausage roll had obviously equally excellent filling, but the crust was only ok, flaky but could have been thicker. I have a soft spot for pies although much prefer the hot variety. A cold pork pie had chunky pork, gravy and a nice jelly filling - an excellent version too.I actually considered driving all the way back to Malton just to get more scotch eggs. I actually looked at the closing time to see if I could pick some up on the way back from Whitby. Sadly neither of those options were feasible, but maybe one day I'll be back here...