All things French

[Mick Mac]

Le Chardon

Le Petit Chou

The French House

Cave de Bruno

Boulangerie Jade

The Patch

Any advance on this French invasion of East Dulwich....

Le Chardon/Petit Chou are the only ones more than one year old.

[edcam]

The Patch?

[Mick Mac]

Oui, Le Patch.

Part owner Charlie is French, Chefs seem to speak French.

[BrandNewGuy]

JoJo Maman Bebe - wannabe francais

And we refer to ED's finest craft beer bar as 'Le Cochon Volant'. Not entirely sure why...

[Mick Mac]

http://www.cochonvolantbbq.com/

[Laddy Muck]

Moi.

[Peckhampam]

Ye ye cafe

[KidKruger]

Moi too.

[Help-Ma-Boab]

The French House = Ye Ye Cafe

And like, KK and LM, Im French an aw, ken whit ehs mean likesay.

Peckhampam Wrote:

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> Ye ye cafe

[Jeremy]

Surely the only thing French about Le Petit Chou is the name..

[Zebedee Tring]

I have my own Zebedee's Law of French: "If the menu is in French, there will be a sizeable mark up on the bill".

Seen on a menu many years ago: "Mushroom omelette ?2.50. Champignon omelette ?3.00".

[cle]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Surely the only thing French about Le Petit Chou

> is the name..

It is god awful. All British Rail buffet paninis and provincial museum sarnies. With sweet chilli drizzle.

The sooner it goes bust and becomes a decent outlet (beautiful site) the better.

[wee quinnie]

Mon Petit Chou is great. The staff in there are lovely and their pastries are excellent. As is their coffee.

[SteveUK1978]

Could not diaagree more with cle. Mon Petit Chou is destination of choice for a cooked breakfast for me. Staff are excellent too.

[cle]

I prefer the dirty caff on Bellenden for that sort of thing, and Anderson for more poncey brunch brekkie. The pub's breakfast is ok too.

[Mick Mac]

I like Mon Petit Chou too, but agree I'm not sure how French it is supposed to be.

[Jeremy]

MPC is fine. Nothing fancy, but fine.

[DuncanW]

That's the point of MPH surely. It's a bit of middle ground. I quite like it.

The French House and Cave de Bruno are both very welcome additions though. I hope both businesses prosper and are around for a long time.

[Jeremy]

I've yet to be convinced by the idea of a swinging-60s French themed cafe bar... maybe I'm just a grumpy old sod. Either way, it takes a lot of guts to start up your own business, and I hope it works out for them!

[Help-Ma-Boab]

French conversation Group, Boulangerie Jade - its all kicking off:

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?30,1341840

[Lordlordship]

Believe there is already a thread on this - l'east dulwich

[Mick Mac]

Thanks LL. Really helpful.

[PokerTime]

Lot's of French people in ED, and Huguenots were amongst the earliest residents in the surrounding areas. Champion Hill and De Crespigny Park for example are the name of the estate that formerly stood there, owned by a Huguenot refugee of the family of Crespigny. His descendant Claude Champion de Crespigny entertained the Prince Regent there in 1804 and was made a baronet the following year. There are many roads locally whose names tell of a strong French invasion to 'these ere parts' going back centuries!

[Mick Mac]

I love all things French, especially the food and wine, ok maybe just the food and wine, but just not sure of the reason for French businesses setting up here, there seem to be a disproportionate amount currently opening in ED or maybe it is happening across London? Its all good though.

[savvygirl]

No-one's yet mentioned the French Caf? on Forest Hill Road - a delightful place to eat. Not sure if the owner is French though!