Jean-Paul Hevin Chocolatier  

Jean-Paul Hévin is a chocolatier, so I assume that most people would come here for their chocolates. However, actually their macarons are pretty awesome too!

A macaron that I really like is the dark chocolate macaron, which has a refined, bitter chocolate taste. Instead of having a light buttercream filling, the chocolate macaron has a thicker, more chocolatey filling and is absolutely delicious - it is perfect for satisfying both your macaron and chocolate craving in one go!

Nuff said. Look no further. This is the best dark chocolate macaron in town. I am comparing this with la maison, Lgb and palace IFC cafe ha-ha-ha.

The shell wasn't hollow and airy. The topmost shell was brittle but did not crumble into smithereens when bit into. It managed to maintain its shape. Good for sharing with A, who was just as excited about getting the most expensive macaron in town (?) as I was.

And then the ganache is really dark and chocolatey. Not hard like a chocolate truffle, like the one I bought at palace IFC, but not like whipped buttercream either. It held its shape and did not ooze out when I bit it in half.

Just go get one for yourself, next time you have a craving. Available At harbour city and IFC.

I tried to ask for help in buying choco. However, the sales w/ short hair & wearing glasses ignored my presence. I then realize it's already 9pm, their store closing time. But can she just frankly tell me it's already passed their shop hr and asked me to come back the next day?

It's very rude to just turning her back at the customers and ignoring them.

I would say that this box of macaron is one of the best macaron in this town. During the recent trip in HK, my wife's friends gave her four box of them from Che Che, Paul Lafayet, LGB, and JPH.

Thisi s my first attempt of JPH's macaron. Although it looks almost the same as LGB's, its texture of the shell and the filling are quite preferrable. I don't mind the degree of sweetness since macaron is somewhat "confection" or even a "dessert" to me. If it is not sweet in taste, I don't think that is "my macaron". (i.e., just like having a sugar-less red bean soup in a Chinese dessert house!!!)

Two things I could like to high-lighted for your attention:

1. Texture of the shell: It was so thin, crispy, and not-moist. The color are not "too fake".

2. The filings: It has various favor and I enjoy all of them. By having a bit of them, I can tell that JPH heavily use the proper and enough ingredient to make its product. The quantity was HUGE for me. The texture are thick, full body, and rich. (Just like drinking coffee, simply a little drop can tell whether it is strong or mild in favor. It's all about sense and taste from your tongue.) In cantonese, it is so-called "足料"!

According to my wife, it costs over HK$200 for 12 pieces. Does it worth? My answer is YES!

P.S.
- I am impressed by Lafayet's jumbo macaron.
- LGB successfully maintain a "stable and above average" quality.
- Che Che's macaron may be good for those who are in their first attempt.

After tasting the tiny SIFT's macarons which are very tasteful, i went to this chocolate brand shop to try out their macarons.

order 6 pieces
Super Amer (dark choc) - of course this one is the best as usual. if the dark chocolate filling doesn't good enough, i think they can close the shop.
Vanille (香草) - sory that i can't taste any vanille flavour, i only taste something very sweet with sweet chocolate. The only reaction after having this piece is drink lots of water to clean up the sweetness.That's too sweet.
Cafe (咖啡) - very weak coffee taste in this piece, and even worse is, i couldn't tell it was coffee macaron when i first bite it.
Passion'in (熱情果) - very nice one, i like the sour of passion fruit which can balance the sweetness of milk chocolate Ganache.
Figu'in (無花果) - another piece that the way too sweet. it doesn't impress me at all. oh gosh!.......
西柚 - may be this is the "seasonal surprise" piece. you know that it is grapefruit flavour when you first taste it. A bit bitter, a bit fruity, but the milk chocolate ganache steal the flavour.

The perfect macaron for me contains crusty egg shell and soft texture inside. And the JPH's macarons don't have the crusty shell and too much filling between it. Honestly, i am a bit disappointed about it. And i don't know why most of the JPH macarons' filling contain chocolate ganache. May be this is their style that they want to make a different from other macaron providers. That is too much even i like chocolate a lot.

The dark chocolate macaron does save marks in this review. Otherwise, i am sure i will give an "unhappy face" to it.

I'm a chocoholic. I passed by Harbour City the other day and was attracted to this beautiful chocolate shop. I asked the sales which is their most popular items and she told me it's their truffe de truffe (Truffle in Truffle). I am very happy that I can even buy one piece to try....(so I did). AFter trying that piece, I could not stop myself but bouht a whole box of them back home. My dad hates sweets but he was also very impressed by the chocolates. They are not sweet at all but at the same time retain all the original taste of chocolates
I highly recommend this product!! The outside is filled with cocoa powder and once you put them into the mouth, the creamy paste just flled your mouth with joy and happiness. I have never tasted any Truffles so smooth and decilious before!!!
The sales said they have sugar free chocolates as well!!!!!!!!! that's definitely good news for me as I've tried veyr hard to find these products in HK but I can't. I'll go there and buy their sugar free products for my uncle next time as he's a diabetic patients. I can't wait!!!

I haven't tried to Macaroons here yet, they can wait. So this is purely a review of their Chocolates. Tried their truffles, dark chocolates, some filled ganaches, and milk chocolates.

I have to say, the taste of the chocolate is better, stronger and more hard-core than some other chocolates I love - such as Godiva, Valrhona Chocolate, Neuhaus, plus other ones like Agnes B Delices, Leonidas, Michel Kluz, 1884 (?), etc. I tried some of these on the same day as comparison to be fair, by the way. HORIZONTAL TASTINGS!

The ganaches were slightly overly sweet in my opinion, and the chocolate base is not as smooth as say a Godiva or even Valrhona. However the dark chocolates' taste was exceptionally fresh, long lingering taste and fruity as well, you can really only understand real chocolate having tried the dark chocolates here!

Haven't tried Amedei or La Maison du Chocolat yet, but so far, dark chocolate wise Jean Paul Hevin is my new love, followed by Varlhona. For more milk-based or filled chocolate ganaches however, I still prefer Varlhona.

For smooth chocolates and not a bad taste, Godiva still does the trick wonderfully!
Amedei and La Maison du Chocolat, here I come tomorrow!

Before going to have chocolate drink, we bought some macaroon and chocolate here.

Macaroon (@$15):
Strawberry (a bit sweet and the strawberry flavor quite fake),
Coffee (very strange taste and both of us dislike it),
Dark chocolate (can’t feel it’s dark chocolate),
Praline (with rich taste of hazelnut, good~~~)

Chocolate (@$15)
Truffle: Very soft, chocolate texture is very smooth
Rocher: Good, with rich hazelnut taste and the chocolate is very rich, but not as good as le chocolat de H.
杏仁醬: very tasty!!! 杏仁醬is very soft with rich taste of almond. 咬了一口之后，杏仁醬流出來的感觉很好!

The happy face is for the chocolate only!!!

End up u didn’t eat the chocolate la…Next time you should try~~~