Honey & Butter Macarons is a dessert shop specialized in Macarons. It is located within Irvine Spectrum at Souther Irvine. We had always walked by this place multiple times and never gave it a try. Thus we decided to give it a try and see how its Macarons taste like.
The store was decorated with many cute stuffed animals from different Japanese animation such as Totoro, Kiki's delivery, etc. There was a very big black cat from Kiki's Delivery sitting at the corner of the table. Other than that, there are many small stuffed animals stacked together along the wall.
From the menu. each Macaron costs $2, six for $12 and 12 for $22. So there wasn't any discount unless you buy a dozen. The Macarons made here were larger than what we had before, so it may justify its price. Other than the traditional Macarons, Macarons ice cream sandwich was also offered here for $5. Thus we decided to try the Macarons ice cream sandwich instead.
We ordered one Macarons ice cream sandwich with pistachio flavor on the Macaron. The ice cream flavor we chose was coffee hazelnut. After the ice cream is placed between the Macaron, we were asked to pick what we want to splash on the ice cream. There are Oreo bits, fresh toast bits, and many other crunchy things. The ice cream was quite tasty and clearly hand made based on its texture. The Macarons crust was also very chewy. We also tried to take a bite on the ice cream sandwich but it was too big to fit in the mouth.
Overall, we liked this place. The Macarons were very well made and the staff members were very friendly. It also looked like they give away the stuffed animals during certain events but we didn't bother to ask.
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