Straight Forward

Au Bon Pain

I love the cafe atmosphere. I like smell of fresh coffee & hot bread. I think I can spend a whole day at a cafe, a teahouse or a coffee shop. I would read a book or using laptop, sip coffee and eat some sandwich.

In Japan, the cafe business has been booming all over since year 2001. These fashionable hangouts do not just serve tasty cups of coffee and tempting desserts; other factors like their interior design and decor and the music playing in the background make cafes mellow spaces that have won the hearts of younger generations, especially women in their twenties and thirties.

One of the most persuasive is that the success of American espresso chain Starbucks — which arrived in Japan in 1996 and has in to time at all accumulated over 220 outlets–proved there was demand for a variety of types of quality coffee.

Yesterday’s morning I went to Au Bon Pain (near MRT) to get some breakfast. Au Bon Pain arrived in Thailand since 1997. Au Bon Pain means the place of good bread in French. Au Bon Pain is a stylish bakery café.

I have no idea what to order. I just told a staff that I want to have some bargels with cheese. Something like that. He’s very nice and all staffs there were nice. He suggested me “the breakfast set”.

It was really delicious indeed. It made me want to go there everyday but I can’t. It’s kinda expensive breakfast for me (almost 100 baht). I usually eat some tuna sandwich (15 baht) and orange juice (18 baht).