Date # 18: Cafe’ Breton

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Cafe’ Breton is a crowd favorite among coffee drinkers and dessert lovers alike. It is no surprise because of their finely done French crepes and aromatic coffee.

One would be a fool not to like the cute and homey ambiance—complete with an open kitchen, wooden tiles, and small wooden kitchen furniture.

The staff cooks your orders in an electric stove for everyone to see in their open kitchen.

Douglas recommended the Galette Paysanne (P273) to me, and I obliged. It’s made up of a whole hungarian sausage, a healthy amount of asparagus sticks, and a sunny side up egg. You can have it served like this, where the ingredients are sitting on a bed of buckwheat sheet, or you can have the ingredients stuffed inside the sheets, like an actual crepe. We would have preferred it stuffed inside—but we forgot to tell the waitress. It’s not totally bad, though, cause this looks better on the picture. ;)

I loved the egg and the sausage. What I find problematic with Sunny Side-Ups is that only the yolk portion is flavorful. However, Cafe’ Breton’s egg was well-seasoned all throughout. I’m happy with that.

Not being a fan of greens, though, I left the asparagus aside. I would say it’s better if you order something else if you’re not a veggie fan. As for the serving—let’s just say you’d be happy it left you room for their dessert. ;) (Which is heavenly, by the way…)

Douglas got himself a Galette Marrakech (P211). He said it would really have made a difference if we had not forgotten to ask the staff to stuff it inside the buckwheat sheets, because the sausage was hard to chew (stuffing it inside would have it chopped or minced).

Then again, we didn’t really forget to ask them to stuff it inside the sheets—they didn’t ask. :(

The Butter and Sugar Crepe (P80) is one of their simplest creations. We both loved the smoothness and the softness of the texture. The sheets were carefully made with butter, and then sweetened by confectioner’s sugar. You can see the coating of fine confectioner’s sugar on the near side, but it’s safe to say that the entire thing retained its flavor until the far side.

Douglas and I normally aren’t coffee drinkers—but I suppose I needed a caffeine fix because it was already around 3pm. Yes, I instantly shut down once the clock hits the afternoon mark. I’m what you’d call a ‘hapontukin’ person—no matter how much I dislike that term. Anyway, I got myself an order of Cappuccino (P85) so that I won’t fall asleep. They serve it with a cup of brown sugar, to sweeten as you see fit. Some would prefer nonfat sweeteners to flavor their drinks, but since I have no health concerns or anything, the brown sugar was fine.

I loved the deep, smooth flavor from the coffee. That’s big, coming from someone who doesn’t like coffee.

The Verdict: Our waitress should have reminded us that we can stuff our galettes inside. That would’ve made a big difference. But everything else was great. I can’t wait to go back. Perfect for long, afternoon dates full of chatting.