Family owned for multiple generations, RICHART is a quaint, but still classy macaron and…read morechocolatiers shop on the Left Bank. Much preferred to the famous brand down the street. Macarons were ~2 euros each if ordering a carte. Otherwise, the smallest box comes with 6 and is under 18 euros (the box of 9 is 18 euros). The staff was very fluent in English and kindly let me know that macarons do spoil after 4 days, therefore if I were to take them back home, I should time the purchase appropriately.
That being said, the macarons were clearly fresh! Crisp shell, silky and smooth filling with overt flavors; not so overpowering, but pure in a sense. Colors are also more realistic and natural as they don't pop. You can tell they do no use food coloring. Pure! I had the Framboise/ raspberry, pistachio, salted caramel and rose. I much liked the pistachio as it was definitely more natural in appearance and the taste just as so. Excellent, high quality macarons that one should absolutely not overlook.
