Originally Posted by
MollyNYC
Perhaps some of you french people can jump in here, but I've never ordered cafe au lait in a restaurant. I order cafe creme. I thought cafe au lait was something one had at home. (or maybe it's just for breakfast?)
My French colleagues order a cafe creme. If you're a tourist and order a cafe au lait, the waiters are likely to bring you a giant cereal bowled sized cafe creme and charge you 15 euros for it.