Paris Ham & Gruyere Omelette at Le Pain Quotidien
A delicious Paris Ham & Gruyere Omelette with a fresh green salad and fresh baked bread at the Larchmont location of Le Pain Quotidien in Los Angeles. The bread and jam were so delicious we purchased a loaf of bread and the 4-fruit jam!
(the Avocado & Nori Tartine)
Via Food & Wine:
Le Pain Quotidien, a French phrase meaning “the daily bread,” began in 1990 as an artisanal bakery in Coumont’s native Belgium. At the time, Coumont was the chef at a restaurant in Brussels called Le Café du Dôme; frustrated with the city’s breads, he decided to make his own as a sideline. At a communal table not unlike the long wooden one at his Languedoc house, customers ate simple salads and sandwiches made with fresh, local, organic ingredients and terrific whole-grain bread. Over the past two decades, Coumont has opened more than 100 Le Pain Quotidien cafés in 15 countries, all with the same rustic feel (he still employs the same furniture maker who designed his first shop). “LPQ was originally a hobby,” Coumont says. “Now it’s a business.” A business with a unique selling point: a menu that is increasingly, quietly, vegan.
