Comments on: Madeleines at St. John

By: London Chow

London Chow — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:38:58 +0000

Madeleines are always the winner at St John’s. We would go there specially for those during tea. Of course, there is the 15min wait for them but that only means that they are fresh out from the oven.

Have you tried their whole suckling pig before? There is no way I could get that huge a party to order one.

By: Gourmet Chick

Gourmet Chick — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:21:01 +0000

Those madelines were so good – I think it was the fact that it they were hot out of the oven which helped. By the way so jealous of your comments where you say “sent from my ipad!”

By: Krista

Krista — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:44:40 +0000

We had a lot of food from the bar menu. Welsh rarebit! Yum!

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By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:29:00 +0000

Intresting to read that the ones at the Boundary were good as we had a cupcake and another cake from them (after a really good meal) and both were dry and tasteless! Next time I’ll try a madeleine – and get some to take away for my friends 8 year old son (they’re his absolute favourite cake)

By: An American in London

An American in London — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:43:51 +0000

Definitely visit LP, Krista. I re-visited three weeks ago and had yet another marvelous time for a reasonable price (relative to the ambition of the resto).

Didn’t blog about it, though – I need to figure out a policy on places I visit semi-regularly.

By: kellylovescupcakes@gmail.com

kellylovescupcakes@gmail.com — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:58:55 +0000

They're sooo easy to make (check out taste spotting and foodgawker for different varities even if it's just for a drool)! Only special equiptment needed is the pan which is a tenner at John Lewis. They're good because there is plenty of melted butter in there... http://americancupcakeinlondon.blogspot.com/2010/06/madeleines.html

By: Wild Boar

Wild Boar — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:32:29 +0000

I was wondering what the fuss was with all the people queuing up for them… Did you happen to try the food at St John’s lately? My relatives went recently and didn’t really enjoy the food.

By: Krista

Krista — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:36:46 +0000

The wonders of mobile blogging! Makes it easy to be fast. And now that I've got ads on the blog, daily posting becomes more important!

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By: Krista

Krista — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:35:27 +0000

Excellent! Haven't been to launceston place in ages so may have to give them a visit!

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By: breathingdust

breathingdust — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:20:56 +0000

I had some amazing tiny little madeleines a couple weeks ago as a pre-dessert course at Launceston Place. They had tiny flecks of rasberries inside and were served with a little pot of cream to dip. Yum

By: An American in London

An American in London — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:49:06 +0000

That was fast, Krista. : )

I would put Bar Boulud’s madeleines up there with those of St. John’s. BB madeleines are miniature puffs of cakey goodness enlivened with citrus. BB serves a large portion for £4. (At St. John’s, they were 6 for £3.70).