Le Petit Artisan, Authentic French Bakery in Greenbelt 5 :)
Another authentic French bakery recently opened in town -- Le Petit Artisan in Greenbelt 5. It's a bakery owned by Frenchman James Rondane, who has been selling his assortment of bread in the Salcedo and Legaspi Markets. The Max Brenner group partnered with him to set up Le Petit Artisan.
Authentic Baguette (P60 per 300g).
What I like about him is his philosophy of using the finest ingredients and not using any refined sugar in any of his bread. Of course, the bestseller would be the authentic baguette, which Filipinos know as "the French bread".
A preview of the available assortment of bread in Le Petit Artisan:
Multi-grain Poppy Seeds Bread (P190/ kilo).
Sourdough Loaf Bread (P150/ Kilo).
Californian Walnuts Bread (P180/ Kilo).
Farmer's Sesame Sourdough (P160/ kilo).
Muesli Grain Bread (P175/ kilo).
US Walnuts Cinnamon (P180/ kilo).
The types of bread here are not the ones we are normally used to because they are a bit hard and somewhat bland. I ordered this Walnut Cinnamon bread, which is the closest thing they have to sweet bread among all the bread offerings. Best to enjoy it toasted and with coffee.
Nespresso Freshly Brewed Coffee (P88).
Coffee is also available (they carry the Nespresso brand).
It is a nice hangout place in Greenbelt 5, an alternative to Starbucks since you can dine al fresco with a view of the greenery while you enjoy your bread and coffee. :)
Le Petit Artisan
by James Rondane
Phase 2 (Ground floor, beside Madison Grill)
Greenbelt 5, Makati
For orders, contact Jhill Rondane @ +63929 842 9824
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P.S. The croissants are handmade but a bit disappointing.
I saw this kanina and I was about to tell you to visit it. hehehe. I think I will be bringing home a baguette tomorrow after my meeting :) Hehehehe!
Posted by: Didi | Monday, February 08, 2010 at 10:33 PM
We were there last Jan30 because we missed Max Brenner. Glad to see a patisserie beside it so I decided to try it out. Ordered 2 croissants, fromage pizza, a couple of hugmugs. The chocolate concoctions of Max Brenner still warms the heart. Unfortunately, I found the croissants too hard despite asking the counter person to warm it a bit. Still prefer the ones from Alexandre @ The Fort.
Posted by: iclee | Monday, February 08, 2010 at 11:00 PM
omg must try this
all we need now is an australian bakery
Posted by: Andre | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 01:09 AM
I would agree with your comment on the croissants. I would still go for Alexandre...
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Posted by: Anton | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 08:05 AM
Wow nice =) what time to they open?
Posted by: dweebi | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 10:29 AM
good question! I don't know but I assume it would be mall hours around 10am but I might be mistaken since they are a bakery.
Posted by: Anton | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 10:34 AM
Oooh! I love the croissants from Alexandre at the Fort, too!
Posted by: nina | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 04:25 PM
I really loved to eat baker food.This loaf bread is one of my favorite bakery food I am very excited to see this one It is very nice for us I am very excited to se thisone It is very cool blog You post very nice bakery food
Posted by: 4gb m2 card | Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 12:52 PM
I used to order my bread from James regularly since he would deliver it to my former office (he had several loyal customers there) and it's by far the closest thing I have found to bread like it is found back in France. Thanks to James, I got a taste of home right here in Manila! I'm excited to visit Le Petit Artisan in GB5! ;-)
Posted by: Marie | Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 08:21 PM
Wow, mukhang authentic nga. Pati yung nagtitinda mukhang french hindi mukhang anak araw. Mabisita nga 'to.
Thanks for the info Sir Anton!
Posted by: Tito Boy | Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 10:26 AM
Thanks for the comment ! So it is really as close to authentic French bread as you can get here in Manila :)
Posted by: Anton | Friday, February 12, 2010 at 01:11 PM
makes me want to bake some bread >:)
Posted by: Hershey | Friday, February 12, 2010 at 07:19 PM
Best time to go 9pm less 30%.
Posted by: misawa | Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 02:05 PM
Btw nothing beats alexandres' almond croissant! Nothing!!!!
Posted by: misawa | Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 02:07 PM
Btw best coffee I've tasted belong to Red Baron coffee shop, I really recommend to all coffee lovers to try their Americano and Cappuccino, best talaga!
Posted by: misawa | Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 04:33 PM
where is Alexandre at the Fort? thanks
Posted by: renee lacson | Monday, February 22, 2010 at 02:04 PM
I indicated the directions in the blog post, it is near 7/11 near Shell the Fort.
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Posted by: Anton | Monday, February 22, 2010 at 04:47 PM
Nice hangout place! Do they have free wifi here?
Posted by: Nikko | Friday, March 05, 2010 at 01:40 PM
unfortunately, there's none in greenbelt 5 or this area.
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Posted by: Anton | Friday, March 05, 2010 at 01:42 PM
Unfortunately James is not there anymore, and the bread is of a very different quality now. Sad.....
Posted by: pierre | Monday, April 05, 2010 at 11:54 PM
Huh? what happened, Pierre?
Posted by: Anton | Tuesday, April 06, 2010 at 05:49 AM
Wala nga silang pang slice ng bread eh. :| Bumili kami noon tas ipapaslice sana namin, di daw kaya ng slicer nila.
Posted by: Jenn | Monday, June 07, 2010 at 12:06 AM
There's wifi in Mr. Jones and in Origami :D
Posted by: Jenn | Monday, June 07, 2010 at 12:06 AM
we used to get our Pain au chocolat from there...last Sunday we bought 4 to go and decided to eat one in. we were so shocked that it was a)dry as a saw dust, b)hard enough to throw at somebody despite having it heated, c)the texture was more of heavy loaf bread than the stretchy/airy/flaky-ness of a croissant. I tried asking the sales person if this was how they typically make it; i should not be surprised when they answered 'yes'. This is what I'd call a highway robbery - selling failed items to paying customers. To cut the long story short...it is not a place to be patronized having no quality control whatsoever.
Posted by: gem | Monday, June 14, 2010 at 10:36 AM
they're now in serendra... :D gotta try this soon. i dropped by their store a while ago and the bread and cakes look so yummy!!
Posted by: u8mypinkcookies | Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 02:27 PM
oo nga I saw them operational na... I'll check them out.
Posted by: Anton | Monday, September 13, 2010 at 09:53 PM
quality has gone down considerably. there was a tiny cockroach in the wholewheat that i bought, i thought it was a black sesame seed that got accidentally mixed in with the batter, lucky my wife was there to tell me that it was actually a tiny cockroach or insect. had to throw everything out.
Posted by: he-bear | Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 10:26 PM
The bread here is terrible. I'm so disappointed and will never try again.
Posted by: Breadlover | Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 07:45 PM