Ottawa Foodies

I compared my croissant from Le Moulin to my favorite bakery in Paris and let me say, I have no need to return to Paris.

And where they flies or raisins? Since when do we have to worry about flies on our food and not pesticides in our food? I too, would shrug!

Well, they must be doing something right because it is alway full!
When I mentioned that there were about 20 flies floating around inside their pastery display fridge, the server just shrugged...

Overall I find this to be a disappointing place given its fantastic central location in the Byward Market. The food looks wonderful but ranges from tolerable to terrible. It probably attracts a lot of tourists -- too bad they leave Ottawa thinking our food is crap! :-)

I couldn't finish the coffee I had there this past weekend. What flavour there was was dull and flat.

I recall this being a reasonably satisfying version -- though my tourtière experiences include only 5-10 sources. They sell it by the slice, but I bought the whole pie for some fairly extortionate price.

A baguette I picked up here isn't at all bad. Not something I'd make a special trip for, but nothing objectionable.

The breads look great but are dry and airy. :-(

We tried some croissants here (plain, cheese, and chocolate) just after trying one from the French Baker (vendor 1077). It was a bit like eating a slice of processed cheese after tasting a morsel of Oka.

Not absolutely terrible, but not much better than one can get at the grocery store. (Pillsbury croissants are absolutely terrible, so these aren't quite that bad! :-) ). A little on the dry and chewy side.