LE’BAN 乐班

Written by Becca and Wayner Edens

Relative new kids on the block, Le’ Ban is a new western style chic café based near the south gate within the business buildings of the Modern Capital mall, who house top brands such as Gucci, Prada et al.  The Yong Ning Men metro stop is directly opposite, so getting here is a synch! Le’ Ban is not singularly a café, coffee shop, restaurant or bakery, yet it is actually all four rolled into one.
We met with Rita, the Manageress of Le’ Ban who showed us around the place and invited us to try some of their delicious foods and beer.  She presented us with their menu, which consisted of Breakfast selections, Set Meal selections, Pastas, Kids meals, Sandwiches and hamburgers, Asian style foods, which included Vietnamese, Japanese and Thai choices, Salads, Spinach Wraps & Soups. Oh, and of course my favourite…the dessert menu!!
We decided to stick with the western selections and at Rita’s recommendation I plumped for the Le’ Ban Hamburger whilst Becca chose the Caesar Salad & Bolognase and Spinach Pasta.  Served with some thick delicious potato wedges my burger was fresh and cooked to perfection…and minus any tomato, ‘cos I hate those things!!  As for Becca, she delighted in the presentation and the contents of both, particularly the Caesar Salad as unlike others, this was laced with a few surprises, including egg, pine nuts and real garlic croutons!  Portion sizes are very generous too.  Onto the dessert, we both shared a huge slice of indulgent chocolate cake with cream as our tummies were bursting! A very wise choice, but for Becca very difficult as the array of desserts on offer was mouthwatering!
Drinks wise they have a good selection of coffees, juices, smoothies and of course, beers.  No spirits though, which for me was a little disappointing.  However, we both went for their wheat beer, which is brewed locally at the Near Wall Bar, and it was great! Alongside those you can choose from a variety of bar snacks, like the potato wedges, prawn skewers, lemongrass chicken to name a few.
Le’Ban is a cool, place to frequent.  It’s clean, child friendly and they have a viewing window into the kitchen where we could see hair nets being worn and the cleanliness was apparent. They open between the hours of 8am and 11pm and offer their wares at ½ price between
8-10am. After 9pm the bread, freshly baked at their partner bakery, is half price too.   They also offer membership where you can enjoy a 10% discount as a member for 1000RMB.
Pros: Great atmosphere, great food. And they have a hand sanitizer at the front door!
Cons: Quite pricey and Closes at 11, which doesn’t give us much time for us After School Teachers.
Average Price per person/人均消费: 50RMB
Address /地址: G/F Block B, Chang’an Metropolis Center, No.88 Nanguan Zheng Street Beilin Disbrict ( 碑林区南关正街88号长安国际广场B座G层 )
Tel /电话: 029-8765 1617
Hours /时间: 9:00am-11:00pm
从美食中获得的幸福感是任何一件事情都无法比拟的,乐班希望通过自己的努力,让顾客在享受美食的同时,也能体验到健康的生活方式。乐班始终采用自然与健康至上的高品质食材。
乐班愿意把美好的食物,健康的生活方式,共享给每一个来这里的人。我们始终相信,人都是向往美好的,只要是好的,一定会被接受。
每一位来乐班的客人,都是我们的老友。每一位这里的客人并不是单纯的吃着美食,喝着饮品,他们在享受着我们这里安全,贴心,自由的氛围。
我们精心挑选每一种健康的食材,用健康的烹调方式制作每一道美味。就像吃妈妈做的饭一样的放心和满足。