Apr 4, 2015
La Chambre aux Oiseaux
A cosy canteen with a touch of vintage chic, that’s how I’d describe La Chambre aux Oiseaux. Upon S’s suggestion and initiative on making the reservation a couple of weeks in advance, we met on a slightly overcast Saturday afternoon for brunch in this café just off the Canal St Martin. They run two seatings for brunch, at 11.30am and at 1.30pm, and they were busy during both services. Clearly a favourite among many of the crowd of very fashionably dressed Parisians – yours truly not included given how carelessly my wardrobe is put together… – and for good reasons: the service is friendly, the food is delicious, and the ambiance is homey.
For €23 brunch menu, we were each served a glass of fresh orange juice, a cup of hot beverage (chocolate for me, please) served out of dinky porcelain jug, a plate with avocado gazpacho, chicken wrap, ham, boiled egg, salad and cheese slices, accompanied by a selection of crusty breads, and rounded up with a slice of lemon-mandarin meringue tart. You can choose other desserts such as panna cotta, crumble, brownies and tiramisu too.
I was a happy camper. If only I could eat more, I’d ordered another sweet. They looked seriously delectable, sitting atop the counter less than a meter away. Perhaps this is a place to come back to for goûter. Caaaaaakes! ;)
La Chambre aux Oiseaux
48 rue Bichat, 75010 Paris
Métro: Gare de l’Est, Jacques Bonsergent
Tel: +33 (0)1 40 18 98 49
Daily except Monday, 10.00am – 6.30pm
Ooooooooo……i LOVEEEEE lemon meringue tart. The slice is too small a portion lil…need a bigger piece kekekek ;)
Ask Em to bake an entire tart for you? ;)
Good idea…actually she did bake it once back in KL…it was awesome ;)
There you go! Ask for it again. And maybe email me the recipe ;)
Hahahaha….okie, will do!
;)