The day we chose to go uptown for lunch and a movie was the rainiest day, thus far, in December. Here we are in Hillcrest on the southwest corner of University and Fifth. Our destination?
Mille Feuille...right next to the Hillcrest sign. I believe the site of Mille Feuille used to be the Gap (back in the late 80's).
Everything in the shop was clean, bright and fresh looking. Look! Napkin rings! Plus, a cute container for sugar packets. But no, the shop wasn't judged on its decor alone.
Several counters display their desserts, chocolates, macarons, and cookies. There are also more window facing displays that showcase tea.
It was pretty empty when we arrived, which was a little past 11:30. Our server greeted us promptly and since the shop was empty, we were given our pick of tables. We sat here by the sign. I really liked the lighting - it was bright and crisp and most of my photos came out good! Can you see Bert?
The menu:
There was a flat screen with a running slideshow of all of their offerings:
Safely ensconced from the rain...
Mmm...Pistachio Raspberry Macarons! ...These are large too, $2.25 a piece. I haven't had a kickass macaron since Bouchon in NYC. Those were $3 apiece and dude, I bought 2 damn dozen! These were a close second in flavor and texture.
More macarons on the top shelves and more desserts on the bottom. The one with the tall squiggly chocolate line is "The Dark Knight", which Bert ordered.
More macarons beckoning to me...
A row of Apricot Summer desserts awaits us:
The front counter:
Hazelnut candies:
Chicken Salad Sandwich in the display case...It's has Chicken, curry mayonnaise, diced celery, cranberries, green apple, candied ginger on sesame bread. Looks good. Maybe I'll order it next time...and there WILL BE a next time. 
My Apple Pear Green Tea. I liked this - and that's saying a lot since I'm not a "tea" person. Most teas taste like dirt or grass to me. Plus this was iced, which I liked. I don't like hot drinks. Tea flavors have to be light and fruity for me to like it. And super sweet. But this tea didn't need any extra sugar though. 
Bert's Iced Coffee before adding the cream:
The Lunch Special is two half sandwiches with either Iced Tea or Iced Coffee for $8.50. I ordered the Roast Beef Sandwich, which also has arugula, horseradish mayonnaise, blue cheese, and caramelized balsamic onions on a country baguette. The sandiwches also come with a side salad. I loved that the dressing came on the side instead of being drowned in a horrid pool or liquid. The salad also had candied pecans and raspberries. The dressing was white truffle vinagrette.
My only gripe is that I asked if the bleu cheese could be omitted but our server said it could not. WTF? Mmm, was the sandwich premade? I just scraped it off and gave it to Bert who ate it with his salad. I could taste each and every ingredient in my sandwich - even the salt and pepper! I really liked the flavors and the bread. I would order this again. Look at those caramelized onions! Ugh for the cheese though.
Bert got the Tuna Sandwich which consisted of White albacore tuna, marinated artichokes, caper berries, black olive tapenade, tarragon, heirloom tomatoes, hard boiled eggs and Boston lettuce on anise-olive oil bread.
We each traded a few bites of our sandwiches...his was not bad. A fancy tuna salad sandwich, eh.
My dessert choice was the Apricot Summer ($5.50). This was Coconut-pineapple and carrot sponge cake layered with orange-apricot cream cheese filling topped with a marbled glaze. 
There was a trio of blueberries flecked with silver leaf (it's on the other side) and a tiny edible flower. Cute! 
This cake was very moist - loved the pairing of apricot with carrot cake and coconut. Very summery.
The Dark Knight ($5.25): This was Chocolate sponge cake, mousse, spray and glaze (these descriptions are straight from their menu BTW).
Bert thought the chocolate would be hardened, but it wasn't. The sponge cake was so fluffy and the chocolate glaze was delicious!
Cross section of The Dark Knight:
We enjoyed our little "date" at Mille Feuille. It was relaxing sitting in this cafe, out of the rain, while watching people go by. By the way, their bathroom code is 543, in case you need to use their facilities! We were there for a tiny bit more than an hour before we headed back to the car to repark. Next stop...the Landmark Theatres for our movie, "Slumdog Millionaire". But before we left...
I ordered a Lemon Tart ($4.50) to go for our daughter. This dessert is comprised of a citrus tart shell filled with lemon Sabayon topped with sliced candied lemon and fresh thyme. The photo taken below was taken at home. We all sampled this later that night...it was pretty good, but not mind blowing. 
The first trio of Macarons I bought: Chestnut (this was an unusual flavor), Sangria (I wasn't keen on the flavor, but I had to try it), plus Pistachio-Raspberry. That was an unusual pairing, but I thought it worked. The fillings for the macarons were a bit much.
Here's the next trio of flavors: Vanilla Bean/Orange Blossom (yumm!), Cherry Strawberry (I would have preferred just the Strawberry - Cherry is a bit medicinal to me), and Tiramisu. Another gripe - no Chocolate or Chocolate paired flavors!
I ate a few of these for breakfast the next day. Because you can't have enough sugar. 
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