La Renaissance is a family business established in 1974 and has established its reputation as one of Australia's finest patisseries by maintaining the highest standards in the production of cakes, pastries, savouries, chocolates and macarons.
Only the best and freshest ingredients are used and everything is handmade daily in their kitchen at The Rocks by their team of talented pastry cooks.
La Renaissance uses Valrhona chocolate exclusively in all its cakes and pastries.
At La Rennaisance, the Macaron shell is made from Italian Meringue and Almond Powder and then coloured according to the flavour of the filling. The fillings are created using the finest Valrhona chocolate, Boiron Fruit Purees and other quality ingredients. All their Macarons are handmade to follow the latest Parisian trends and flavours and their chefs regularly attend the Atelier Pierre Herme school of patisserie in Paris to discover the secrets to the perfect Macaron.
La Renaissance's colourful bite sized Macarons delicacy comes in a range of fillings;
* Dark chocolate ganache (Valrhona Guanaja 70%)
* Passionfruit milk chocolate ganache (Valrhona Jivara 40%)
* China jasmine green tea white chocolate ganache
* Rose scented butter cream
* Salty caramel (Fleur de Sel de Guerande)
* Blackcurrant ganache & blackcurrant pate de fruit (fruit jelly)
* Pistachio white chocolate ganache
* Madagascan vanilla white chocolate ganache
* Fresh raspberry compote
* Extra Virgin Olive Oil flavoured white chocolate ganache
My personal favourites are Passionfruit, Rose, Blackcurrant, Pistachio and the Raspberry.
If you are into cakes, be sure to check out some of their cake artistries and one of my personal favourite is the Monet.
Layers of vanilla sponge and bavaroise* with raspberries, wrapped in folds of white chocolate
*Bavaroise: crème anglaise mixed with whipped cream
At Baroque (the sister restaurant of Le Renaissance), they offer the full service of a French Bar, Bistro and Patisserie all under one roof. This is a small restaurant with a beautiful view of the Harbour Bridge just outside the windows and they dim the lights in the restaurant as the sun sets creating a warm atmosphere in the place, illuminated by random cocoon of lights on the ceilings as a rose tainted mirror at the end of the room reflect the glow incandescently throughout the interior.
View of the harbour bridge
Litchi Paradis Cocktail
And now comes their range of delicious macarons at Baroque;
Macarons were the main dessert we had for the night at Baroque
Blackcurrant Macaron
Dark Chocolate Macaron
Jasmine Macaron
Passionfruit Macaron
Pistachio and Sour Cherry Macaron
Rosewater Macaron
Salted Caramel Macaron
Strawberry and Vanilla Macaron
One of the macarons that I had that night that wasn't featured on the website was the violet macaron <3
Le Renaissance is located at 47 Argyle Street The Rocks Sydney NSW 2000
Baroque is located at 88 George Street (corner of Hickson Road) The Rocks Sydney, NSW, Australia
http://www.baroquebistro.com.au/
