Le Petit Dejeuner (LPD) is tucked in right next to Gabby’s making it pretty easy to miss amidst the countless number of furniture stores adorning King street east. But if you do happen to be near George Brown College’s downtown campus, be sure to check this little Belgian brunch spot out.
LPD has a very interesting brunch menu with such delights as an apple and brie panino, caramelized french toast, and authentic belgian waffles. We decided to go with what we assumed most people would order; the Hungry Gal breakfast. It comes with two eggs, toast, apple coleslaw, home fries (though the menu says potato rosti) and comes with a choice of bacon, sausage terrine, fishcakes, fruit salad, or peameal bacon.
One of ours was ordered with the fishcake, and the other with sausage terrine. The food came relatively quickly, but I was a bit worried that there was no rosti. Low and behold, underneath my toast was a sprinkling of home fries. Is this their version of rosti? Because if so, they’re not even close. I sort of wish that the potatoes weren’t underneath my toast as it made my toast really soggy within a matter of minutes. My second complaint was that the dishes never came with condiments as a default. Ketchup and jam had to be requested and were put into mini side-bowls.
Back to the potatoes which aren’t rosti – they were a little undercooked in the middle. but otherwise weren’t too bad. They could have be cooked for a little longer though to give them more of a crisp (and cook the middle). The fishcakes weren’t too bad, but be warned, they do taste pretty fishy. Sausage terrine, if you’ve never had it, looks like a cross between meatloaf and spam. It wasn’t too bad, nice and flavourful, but a little on the dry side. The apple coleslaw wasn’t all too bad though I couldn’t seem to find any apples in mine. Perhaps the name was referring to the dressing? It’s interesting to have a salad with a breakfast dish since they’re usually accompanied by fruit rather than vegetables. The toast, like I mentioned earlier, was soggy. Quite possibly from sitting atop the potatoes. One thing we noted that the waitress never asked if he wanted brown, rye, or white. I’m guessing brown is the default for this place (or possibly the only type of toast they have).
I would have like to have tried a few more things there. Mainly the apple and brie panino. I’m slightly indifferent as to how I feel about LPD. There were some flaws with their food, but they weren’t bad enough to deter me from ever coming back.
