Le Fournil (third trip)

Price: $
Thoughts: ☆☆☆☆½
Le Fournil: Menu

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a warm turkey sandwich

A friend asked me to help with her Finance papers (none of which I really understood offhand) tonight. What better way to do this than over some pastries at a cozy little cafe right? A quick turkey baguette to start off the evening of exciting finance. The bread was nice and crusty as I would expect a baguette to taste like. Very simple and satisfying enough to leave room for something else.


a various assortment of pastries including a cup of latte and the opera cake to the left)

Anyways, to fuel ourselves as we continue to read through this dry material we grabbed a few of their seasonal cakes (and the sandwich pictured earlier). Unfortunately for myself, I am unable to recollect the names of them other than the opera cake.

This was also the first time having fondant (the green surface on the tart to the right). It just tasted like flavorless candy and seemed to do just what I would expect; decorative purposes mostly.

As of now, this is the third time Le Fournil has been featured as a post on my blog. So far it has not disappointed me.

Le Fournil (second trip)

Price: $
Thoughts: ☆☆☆☆½
Le Fournil: Menu

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A hot cup of latte

To start the day before heading back to the last day of the convention we opted for breakfast at Le Fournil.


Chai (left) + Latte (right)





We started off with a nice warm drink with a sweet cinnamon bun along with a ham & cheese croissant. The croissant was not heated and was a bit on the cool side which was alright, next time I would suggest asking them to toast it. The cinnamon bun was very good and tasted great without any need of additional heating. The meal also came with a free pastry of your choice. I went for the éclair and a chocolate orange cake. She went with a lemon curd tart.


the éclair


the chocolate orange cake


lemon curd tart

The éclair was as expected, larger than what most places give, but without a doubt very delicious, I can never figure out the proper way to eat this without making a huge mess of things. This also goes with the chocolate orange cake's cocoa powder that is generously dusted across one half of it's triangular surface. I tend to inhale it just before biting the fork which results in a violent coughing chocolatey fit. The cake is also flourless which makes it very rich and not something to try to down really fast. Latara's lemon curd tart was pretty nice, although the lemon taste was not as strong as I had imagined it to be. But the raspberry in the center added to that.

Le Fournil, while they may have sandwiches and other such treats, I would recommend getting what they do best. Their handmade baguette loaves and their pastries. Other than that, it's best to come in the morning when they have just opened (as they are closed relatively early for a cafe in Seattle).

Le Fournil

Price: $
Thoughts: ☆☆☆☆½
Le Fournil: Menu


Cloudy & Rainy to Bright and Sunny within an hour!

When the weather is sunny and warm my mood for eating gravitates towards cafes and places with lots of windows. Le Fournil has just that! My friend Shirley introduced this place to me sometime ago last year with her friends. The name literally translates to "the bakehouse" and is located along Eastlake Ave just after the bridge near the University of Washington. With a relatively narrow range of opening hours gives it a special feel (to me).

I have already been here a couple times so I have a good feel of what I enjoy getting: the lunch special, which is a pretty complete meal for $9; a choice of sandwich/salad/quiche/soup, dessert, and drink. My ham and swiss sandwich was quite delicious and warm, the strawberry-pistachio tarte, and a glass of orange juice.

Unfortunately I didn't take any photos as I just wolfed everything down without realizing! But I do have one from October of their delicious Opera and strawberry-pistachio tartes.


Opera + Strawberry-Pistachio Tarte

If you can get here before it's closed (6PM Tue-Sat, 3PM Sun, Closed Mon) I would highly recommend trying any of their pastries.