Le Tigre

* FTR #400, Review #700!!! *
What are the chances of the milestone FTR and review count to coincide!!!
What to review? And why Le Tigre?
1) This isn’t a fancy brasserie.
2) This is just a small neighbourhood local spot.
3) I have never had lunch here.
4) I’ve never had a drink here.
So why the review?
I ate breakfast here almost every day in Dijon. It was close to where I was staying, and I really really liked the owner. He really has such a fabulous attitude for a small local brasserie. Oh, and there is an artists’ rendition of him (shaved head and all) on the menu cover! I wondered if his nickname was «The Tiger?» Hm…
The breakfast offerings were quite simple. Your choice of croissant or baguette. Both were quite good and sadly better than anything we can get in Vancouver, even though this is just a small local place that doesn’t bake their own.
Your choice of coffee or tea. Again nothing fancy.
Pure simple honest food.
The thing I like about the owner though? Even though breakfast was so simple, he was sitting behind the bar reading a cookbook! He is constantly trying to learn new techniques, and it left us wondering why we didn’t visit for lunch to try his cooking — I suppose for another trip! (Perhaps after he has finished reading the book!)
Another thing I like? He let’s local musicians play in the brasserie many days. So you can enjoy a very casual setting, with simple pure honest food and a little bit of musical entertainment.
A perfect local hole-​in-​the-​wall — Dijon style!