Le Pain Quotidien

My favourite place- nice atmosphere, style, but most important... hot chocolate with a little Sunday treat, whilst shopping on Oxford Street :-D

I know, it's a bit late to post it, as I went to Le Pain Quotidien in July. However, I just had to put this picture on the blog ;-) and I've had some spare time before Geography trip, where I was measuring pebbles, yay!

This restaurant is the one, I've had always dreamed about going to. Long wooden tables with special spreads for well- baked, aromatic bread, put on them; that smell of freshly brewed coffee and unforgettable brunches served around me, as I have arrived in quite early hours.

Personally, I have tried an Apple and Cinnamon Muffin and obviously hot chocolate. This surprised me a little bit, but in a good way. The hot chocolate looked like an actual melted bar, the one I used for my coffee cake, it was so thick and rich in taste! What was even better- hot milk was given in 'le bol'* (about which I have written in my first post and which is the best for breakfast, when you eat typical french one, like I do B-)). Big layer of froth was just waiting to pour over the chocolate and create some #chocoart . Just one mouthful made me feel like this was my new home.

That's my coffee cake, you can get a recipe here in polish, but write in comments, if you want me to translate it for you (just to let you know, there is more chocolate than coffee in there :))

 

Furthermore, as you know that I like adding bits about culture and history, and it's good, as Forbes says, if you want to study business at University. Everyone says it's french, but it was actually opened by a Belgian baker! If you want to search more, have a look at the website, link is above. When I started reading, it just caught me in and I have also found out that they serve drinks in these little bowls, because every time the founder, Alain Coumont was visiting his grandma on cold days, he was receiving a hot drink in a bowl like that from her. How cute :-o

*About 'le bol', you can buy it on their American website at quite a cheap price, $5, $6 or $7, depending on size! Write in comments if you have one, reviews are welcomed :-)