café en passant || reader's choice french cuisine

10133 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill, ON
http://www.cafeenpassant.com/index.htm


I have never tried French cuisine at Uptown before, to be honest, I never knew there was one in Richmond Hill until one day I was reading a Chinese magazine and I have discovered Café en Passant. Café en Passant is one of those restaurants that you always pass by but never thought of trying it out. I went there on a hot summer day with a good friend of mine's and we sat outside on the patio. Sitting outside on the patio was not a great idea because there was not enough shade and secondly, the flowers they placed outside attracted quite a few bees and insects.

The restaurant is small in size and the decor lacked originality, some people may find the decor out-of-date and if people are picky, some may even find it squishy to sit inside. One thing I noticed was that this French cuisine charges atleast $20/head but has no AIR CONDITION inside the restaurant. Well, not when I was around. I mean, if you were to charge people at a costly price, why not just treat your customers a bit better and not let them sweat like crazy? lol.

For the appetizer, I tried the Baked French Onion soup (surprise!). It's like a tradition, I have to try the French Onion soup at every single French cuisine I go to. The French Onion soup has won many awards so I had super high expectations from it. After tasting it, I notice that it was a bit to salty, I didn't like it all that much because I hardly tasted the onion, it was just cheese and tons of salt. French Onion is definitely not easy to make.

baked french onion soup



escargot a la Bourguignon (escargot marinated with red wine)



creme bruleé - classic french dessert



cobb salad - a healthy meal <3




















































 Creme brulee is a classic French dessert, the surface is a crusted piece of yellow sugar. This dessert was made nicely, the steamed egg inside was super smooth and the sweetness did not take over the taste of the egg. Most important of all, this dessert wasn't too sweet!!! I totally recommend this dish.



FYI: A little fact of Café en Passant: the chef Ralf is German himself; there is free parking behind the restaurant & the restaurant has been operating for more than 30 years!

service || friendly, the waitress was quite talkative and we were joking with each other, haha! 

food || the salad was nothing special, Drake Hotel's cobb salad was 10x better because they used way more ingredients for the same price and it had a stronger taste with bacon and eggs. But I do recommend their creme bruleé

price || $30-40 per person (DURING LUNCH TIME, it was TOO PRICEY)

decor || needs renovation, too ugly for a French cuisine.

what I ordered || escargot a la Bourguignon, creme bruleé, cobb salad