If I want to try a new cafe, I call my friend A. She does the same. We've been in and out of lovely coffee and tea spots all over this city (and Budapest!). But our favorites seem to always be the ones that style themselves after the French. That could be because A was a Francophile in a former life, teaching French in high school...but I digress.
So this week we found ourselves in Cafe Amandine (http://www.cafeamandine.cz/en/), which is located between Karlovo Namesti and Palackeho Namesti. It is all about the French. The sticky sweet lovely pastries are displayed in a glass counter, the pink and green remind you of Moulin Rouge and the music transports you to Paris. The service was promt and helpful and friendly. The cappuccino was frothy and properly strong. The chocolate bomb mousse cake was...well, the bomb.
I recommend this little spot as a place to meet a friend or read the paper. It lends itself to a lazy afternoon. Two cautions for the cafe-goer: 1. It is a smoking cafe. There is a designated non-smoking area but there is no partition. Luckily no one was smoking the entire time we were there. 2. The prices are mid-range. It isn't as bad as the foreign coffee chains, but also isn't a place to grab a cheap coffee for the road.
Bon apetit! Sante!
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