We had brunch earlier at L'Amour Fou on this 1st May public holiday.
L'Amour Fou is a Café/Bar located on Place Fernand Cocq in Ixelles. On its web site, the owners claim that it is "the Brussels version of an American diner". We were glad that we had booked a table one week before, because by 1p.m the place was full.
Here are some pictures of the interior:
Regardless of one's definition of "hip atmosphere" and the owner's desire for the café/bar to be a "cultural spot", I found these photographs to be out of place. (Actually they were not the only ones - all walls had the same type of photographs). What exactly is the point of displaying photos of naked women being tortured ? I'm not getting into the aesthetics here - a few of these photographs looked great - but they did not bring any value added to my brunch experience, and I wonder how the kids who participate in the monthly music workshops at L'Amour Fou react to these..
Now onto the food. Here's one €20 set brunch, which also includes a juice and hot beverage. The waitress did bring a hot beverage (a cup of hot water) but the tea bag was nowhere to be seen. Only after a reminder and 5 minutes later was the tea bag brought to our table.
Portions were rather smallish, like the 3 teaspoons of muesli and bite-sized pancakes.
Here's the €14 'Ultimate breakfast burger' plate. I requested to have a fried egg instead of the bacon slices, but the waitress indicated that it's "not possible because of the system" and all she could do was put an extra slice of cheese instead. Quite surprising - even a Toyota dealer would have been accommodating had I requested an option that he'd have to back-order from Japan! At least, the waitress agreed to serve me some Jalapeno poppers as a side dish, even though in the menu these are served as part of the Gringo burger plate.
I had the €5,50 chocolate milkshake, which according to their menu was ice-cream based. Needless to say, I was expecting a big glass of thick diner style milkshake. What I got was a small glass half full with flavored milk, the other half being foam.
In the USA I always left a diner happily stuffed with way too much fat and sugar. When I went through L'Amour Fou's menu, I looked forward to indulging myself on this lazy afternoon. Yes, the food did taste pretty good and my burger was delicious. Sadly, the portions were rather small and my milkshake was swallowed in 3 sips.
Unlikely to visit again.
L'Amour Fou
Place Fernand Cocq, Ixelles, Bruxelles
http://www.lamourfou.be
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