French Loaf, Chennai.

Harrington Road, Chetpet, Chennai 600031

Average Cost: 250 per head

Overall Rating: 6/10

French Loaf came up on Harrington road just a few months ago. Being a good residential area, I was surprised why this location was never tapped before. This is not a restaurant, but it does have some sandwiches, pastries, pies etc. The first thing I noticed about this place was the servers, who were well dressed and spoke real good english, and were real courteous than in most places. We took a look at the fine array of pastries and pies that were displayed very neatly as you enter. Once we sat down, the server came directly to take our order. I was expecting a menu card, but never got any, so we had to order from memory. 

The Tiramisu was not what I expected. Real Tiramisu is made from soft ladies fingers that is well soaked, but this was just cake and cream. It looked good and even tasted good, but maybe it should be called something else. The waiter even kept mispronouncing Tiramisu through out. Costs Rs 60 for a slice.

The Black Forest Cake and the Chocolate Truffle cake were real nice, except for the fact that the Black Forest lacked a little moisture. Both were real creamy and had crumbled bits of chocolate spread over it. Priced pretty much the same as the Tiramisu, but tasted way better.

The sausage and egg pie was just ok in my books. It did not taste bad, but at around Rs 90 a slice, I expected a lot more. The sandwiches were better. You are given a sheet of paper, with plenty of options to choose from. Just tick the ingredients that you want to add to your sandwich, starting from the kind of bread. You get to pick white bread or wheat bread. Plain or toasted(Rs 45). 

On offer was also a wide variety of meat, like chicken, ham, salami (plus Rs 45). Your choice of sauce includes mayonnaise, honey mustard, ketchup and so on. You can also add your choice of veggies for some extra bucks. The white bread plain sandwich with ham and salami was ok. The wheat bread grilled sandwich tasted a lot better. The honey mustard added a little zing to the flavour.

On the whole, the food tastes good. You have a lot of choice when it comes to pastries and pies. You will also notice the clean and slick crockery that they use to serve the pastries and the coffee. To try a pastry, sandwich and a drink, expect to shell out close to Rs 250 per person.