We offer a variety of delicious specialties. Enjoy to know our menu.
We’re a Belgian bakery and restaurant serving simple, wholesome and seasonal food. Le Pain Quotidien means “the daily bread” in French, and like our name suggests, we’re bakers at heart. Although our handmade, organic bread is how we got our start, we serve a variety of healthy options like organic coffee, pastries, eggs, tartines, soups, salads and desserts. At Le Pain Quotidien, we believe that food should be simple, nourishing and delicious. That’s why we source ingredients that are local or organic whenever possible. We also believe in the importance of eating a healthy, plant-based diet, so you’ll find many vegetarian or vegan options on our menu.
Yaq squares So what does Le Pen mean in French? Le Pen quotidien means in English, the daily bread. So it's a sentence from the Bible. Hi Alain, welcome to Images Retail Me. How did you start your journey? Could you just tell us about the journey of LPQ and how did you start it? I would say that the early beginning, 31 years ago, was a very small bread shop in the centre of Brussels, 36 square metres, so it's the size of a Dubai studio I guess. How has LPQ expanded over the years? It started from 1990 and to 2021, how has it expanded so far as a retail chain bakeries? So in fact, outside of Belgi So we never had a franchising director trying to sell the franchise or going into a trade show. It's basically people who came to us. If you have to tell me one secret recipe of your bread, what is that? What makes your bread special? I think to make good bread, you have to have a good flour, so we can talk about it for hours to explain what a good flour is. Organic is very important. Also, you have to put a lot of water in the dough, meaning that your dough is very sticky, so it's very difficult to do it at the industrial level. So you have to say artisanal, made by hand, and also, this is the time. So to make good bread, I think the dough has to rest at a minim You need that time to develop flavours, textures, and also, in doing bread, slowly. Also, it's much more healthy, because you can digest it more easily.
