Vientiane: Pastries

As luck would have it, I managed to catch up with my two Swiss friends today. With no solid plans, we ended up strolling Vientiane’s back streets, browsing through book shop after book shop and making repeat visits to our new favourite hangout, the Café Croissant D’or.

The café is foreign owned and therefore a little more upscale (read: expensive) than I’m accustomed. Nevertheless, it’s as good a place as any for palatable (and unpronounceable) French pastries, and it’s definitely a pleasant change from eating soup noodles on the roadside. Today’s special promotion was a free surprise with every order after 3 o’clock. The surprise being the most delicious banana bread I’ve ever had.