Cafe France: Couture Tray

I frequent Cafe France ( formerly named DeliFrance ) not to dine-in but to buy1/take1 pastry products nearing closing store hours.  My girls and I love their breads. Me especially if they are 50% off, haha. While in q to pay, I would see their food display with delicious looking salad, pasta, meat dishes and desserts. I would always make a mental note to try dining in the cafe but would find myself always coming back for the buy1/take1 and always rushing, haha.

Last weekend, we were at MOA as usual with jampacked restos when it was time to eat. Exiting F21, we saw Cafe France looking minimal in terms of nos. of table occupied. Us_ as you know hate heavily crowded dining place, found Cafe France just the place to eat this time. Funny that after 158 years we had to try it first in MOA, when a nearest branch to our home is just 5 minutes drive.

Anyway, I got to try the Pierre Tray Couture. Sounds like a high fashion brand huh? Ok I'll make it easy_ it's actually a set meal. A french gourmet tray of pasta & sandwich combi with soup, dessert, and a drink. Other trays couture named as Adelle, Marguerite, and Philippe.

 Pierre Tray Couture is a seafood set meal with seafood marinara pasta and seafood deluxe clubhouse sandwich as main dishes. I hadn't paid so much attention to the soup served in a shot glass and just had a bit of it using it as a dip for the bread sticks included in the meal.

I loved the seafood marinara so much so I finished it in a bit. I liked its marinara sauce with generous amount of shrimps. I thought the pasta serving was small thu'. But the sandwich I didn't finish. I still have to find suitable crab sandwich for myself and this is not the one.

While my rice meal baby ( older daughter ) had ordered a rice meal of course. She had a plate of Chicken French in Bechamel Sauce ( ala carte ). It was breaded chicken fillet in white sauce with white rice.



She didn't like it and just shared my set meal. She had it taken home for her sister. At home, younger daughter surprisingly had  liked it or was it only because she was so damn hungry already when we arrived home?

So there_ our 1st at Cafe France. I think we're going to come back to try their other tray couture, preferably at the nearest branch. And yes I would continue to be a loyal patron of their buy1take1, haha.

Our Daily Breads @ 50% Off

Have you tried lining up for daily closing sale of French Baker? Ofcourse I, my penny pincher self, did!.. a number of times. Everyday upon closure of the mall at night, FB is selling the remains of the day for 50% off. In the concept of everything must go!..tonight!, because tomorrow would be a new, freshly baked goodies in regular prices day!








I live near a mall, like 10 to 15 mins. or less away drive. Right beside the entrance gate of this mall is a French Baker store. There was a time that I craved for a cheese cake and it was quite late to to go to my favorite confectionery. Then the idea of FB's daily 50% jelled in and we ran to the store as quick as the idea came.



When I reached the store, I forgot all about the cheese cake. I was, by the way, the last costumer in, so I got the last turn to choose and buy. I was eyeing on the last pack of wholewheat bagels. It would jell well with my cream cheese sitting for almost a week then in my fridge. *Wish, wish_no one would get that bagel pack.




Then I turned my gaze around and saw two packs of whole wheat tortilla bread. I counted quite a lot of potential fillings resting in my fridge, like lettuce, tomatoes, and oh I even got a bowl of leftover spaghetti sauce from our recent dinner. When I looked back, the lady infront of 8 costumers before me, took one of the two packs. *haaay..please, please don't take the other one.





Customer no. 5 went in to pick her chance. My bagel and tortilla were still there. I saw a few baguette french breads..huuumh, just right for the sardine pate I had just mixed that morning. *wish,wish_ leave one or two for me.







And that 100% whole grain slice bread which I was always having second thought about purchasing because of the price. For a few slices, look how much!

I want it for my hubby who badly needed good fiber then.*Wish,wish_ that Mr. before me didn't have interest in this bread.





Finally my turn came! I got every item I wished..and more_croissants, cupcakes, cheesecake, buko pandan and those sweet tid bits.




I brought home my loot and looked forward to a week of daily breads. :)))