I love the colourful, 50 cent piece sized macaroons that the Croissant D’Or sell.

Or rather used to sell.

I enquired about them today when I couldn’t see any in the display.

The girl behind the counter explained that they can make them to order, but they are so fiddly that they no longer make them, as a matter of course.

The thing is, their pastry chef, David, recently left, and until they find someone new, those macaroons are going to be hard to come by.

Please! Someone out there who is a pastry chef, you are needed!

It’s basically Easter and shops on the Darlinghurst strip have hot cross buns for sale.

I like Croissant D’Or at 117 Macleay Street. Their macaroons are amazing. And their hot cross buns (pictured above) at $7.50 for half a dozen seem pretty good. Infinity bakery, next to the fire station at 225 Victoria Street, has delicious hot cross buns for $7 a half dozen.

Then there’s Fratelli Fresh on Macleay Street.

Six hot cross buns for $15.95 and it’s a “Speciale.”