Le Pain Quotidien (say like Pepe La Pew)
November 7, 2009
It is most definitely soup weather. Rustic, roof-scratching bread weather too. Luckily Le Pain Quotidien, the global high-end chain, is a few doors down from the mysteriously closed Peacefood Cafe and was able to satisfy my hankering. I meant to include La Pain’s Upper East Side location in my report a few weeks back but it fell through the cracks, probably because their menu isn’t all that vegan-friendly. But said menu clearly marks all vegan items and waitstaff is vegan-schooled–big pluses. I had the all-vegan 6 vegetable quiche on gluten-free crust. Delicate and yummy, it was difficult not to gobble it up in a few spoonfuls. Next time I’ll slow down so I can report on which 6 vegetables they put in there…
