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Café Crepes
The
owner’s of the
fine restaurants
La Grappa and
Le Bistro have
another restaurant called Café Crepes
just adjacent to Le Bistro. Cafe Crepes
is a much more relaxed place to eat
compared to its fine dining sister’s le
Bistro and La Grappa, but with the same
impeccable standards as the other two
restaurants. The interior of Café Crepes
is casual in bright colors with a mix of
modern furniture. The concept is to
serve “Galettes” & Crepes. Galettes are
a well-known French delicacy basically
meaning buckwheat pancakes served
with savory fillings. Crepes are pancakes
made with wheat flour often smaller than
Galettes and mostly served with a sweet
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filling. The Café is run by restaurant
manager Sandra Duboueix. They serve
breakfast, lunch and dinner and judging
from the group that was there on food
review day it’s also popular as a good
place to come for a snack and a coffee.
Although I had eaten at the Café
before I was looking forward to seeing
what Sandra would recommend for us.
We tried three savory Galettes in the
form of The Galette Complete, Galette
Mediterraneenne and the Galette Chevre.
The Galette Complete is a throwback
of a meal I ate many times as a student
in France. A pancake filled with ham,
cheese and egg. The egg sits on top of
the dish and to enjoy this crepe properly
you break the yolk to get the right
constancy of egg yolk, ham and cheese
in every bite. I loved this as a student
and I still love this Galette. The next
was my colleague’s favorite the Galette
Mediterraneenne filled with Ratatouille,
Ricotta and basil. This is a fresh and
light Crepe for those that like to eat
their veggies but still want some lux
with the Ricotta cheese. The last Savory
Crepe was Galette Chevre served with a
topping of goat cheese (Yum!), walnut,
egg and honey. This one was a surprising
pancake, in the first bite I tasted both
savory and sweet due to the honey, and
didn’t really know what make of it but
after the initial surprise I really liked
this dish. Many clients order a salad on
the side but these portions are huge so
be warned don’t do what I did and eat