A croque monsieur and a $3,000 purse, please.
walk throughLondon ’s Heathrow Airport , traveller are bombard by swath of glittering window presentation featuring the in vogue initiation from the world ’s top designers witheye - popping price tags . Among this lauded fray is none other than the Gallic lavishness fashion house , Louis Vuitton . But the blade is expand its domain past its famous monogrammed purse and trunks by dip its toe into the culinary sphere .
This hebdomad , Louis Vuitton has teamed up with Parisian chef Cyril Lignac ( well - know for his Michelin - starred , contemporary French restaurant Le Quinzième ) to open a lasting , swank coffeehouse in Terminal 2 of Heathrow Airport .
This is not your distinctive airport chocolate shop . Passersby will notice the neophyte ’s futurist design of white-hot , curved walls , colorful mobiles hanging from the cap , and rust - colored banquette . Diners have a option between a gap of delicate tables or the slick comeback while enjoying their order . The coffee shop is handily settle , as so it ’s accessible to both domestic and external travelers .
Louis Vuitton cafe in Terminal 2 of Heathrow Airport|Photo courtesy of Louis Vuitton
The menu focuses mainly on French offerings . For early morning travelers , there ’s orchis royale ( similar to an testis benedict ) , croissants , fruit plate , and avocado toast . Dinner and luncheon option let in a crab salad , croque monsieur , beetroot salad , lobster roll , and Caesar salad . Those craving something angelic can peruse a everyday pick of pastry dough , as well as a Eton Mess , which combines lash cream , meringue , and mango . And , of course , all of the plateware is decorate with the recognisable Damier Ebene traffic pattern that the marque is so well - known for .
After dining , guest can channelise next door to the newly debut Louis Vuitton retail store and peruse classic like the Noè Bag , Speedy Bag , Neverfull Tote , and range of monogrammed torso . All of which , if within budget , is arrant for traveling the rest of one ’s journeying in style .
