Crazy Crepes

I like pancakes and ice cream and Crazy Crepes makes treats that combine both. Crepe is a French treat that is like pancake but is cooked thinly. It is usually served with just syrup or granulated sugar then drizzled with lemon juice. Some serve crepes with fruits and cream and sometimes ice cream. Crepes can also be served as a savory dish if you fill it with vegetables, meat and some cheese.

Wax crepes that look real.

From what I know, the Japanese were the first ones who tried shaping the crepes into cones and instead of stuffing the crepes then folding it, they fill the cones with the other ingredients such as the fruits and ice creams making it look like an ice cream cone. It's like a crepe on the go.

It is somewhat easier to eat since you just bite into it instead of slicing it with a fork and knife and you can eat it while traveling. You can also go creative by filling it with any ingredient you want be it fruits, ice cream or savory stuff like tuna, chicken, sliced vegetables, mayonnaise etc.

The Japanese however, serve it crispy while Crazy Crepes serve it soft. I prefer it to be crispy since it creates a contrast from the soft fruits and ice cream. I once asked the staff if they can serve it crispy but they said they can't and are not allowed to. It is still good even though it's not crispy. The crepe itself is delicious and they have lots of combination that you can choose from plus you can still add more ingredients if you want.

The staff preparing our order.

Besides the crepe, Crispy Crepe also serves parfaits. Their parfait consists of cereal and or fruits; non dairy whipped cream and topped with ice cream and syrup. I tried their chocolate parfait called Choco Cookies and Cream for 115 pesos and my friend tried the mangoes and cream called Mango Crumble for also 115 pesos. I am not a fan of non dairy whipped cream so I did not enjoy eating their parfait since it tasted dry but the mangoes and cream is okay since the mangoes were at least juicy.

Parfaits

As for the price, you can choose from their regular size which starts at 85 pesos to around 110 pesos and an additional 25 pesos will upsize it to a large crepe. The parfaits are priced at 115 pesos. Kind of expensive but it's nice to eat one once in a while.

Mango Crumble

Choco cookies and Cream

Cello's Doughnuts

cheese and chocolate topped doughnuts

 People have been raving about Cello's Donuts for the past few years and it was just a few months ago that I was able to try it. My friend and I were at SM North when we passed by their branch there. I was like, "Okay I gotta try this now!" And so I went inside their store and bought one donut. I bought the one with the chocolate topping with some crushed Oreos I think. Just when I saw it, I knew what it would taste like. I've heard people saying how soft the donut was and why you need to eat it fast before it gets cold. Their donut is yellow just like an ensaymada and I was not wrong, it even tastes like one. It was good, soft indeed, also like an ensaymada. I'm happy my curiosity has ended. I'm not saying it's not good but for me it tastes like ensaymada and so I'd rather go for the real one instead  and as for the price-30 pesos per donut, another reason not to buy one again, a bit expensive. Oh, and the one with cheese on top reminds me of another bread... the local cheese bread. I'm not trying to say it's bad, it's just not my type of donut.

Other flavors..

Frozen Treat Review: Picole

Banana Split

 Picole is a gourmet popsicle store. They already have quite a few stores in the metro and what I like about Picole is that their price is not that steep compared to other gourmet food shops. They have a wide array of flavors from fruit to chocolate to creamy and as well as yoghurt flavors. The price is also quite cheap. A stick costs around 30pesos and up depending on the flavor. When you bite into the popsicle, you can also taste or rather, feel the chucks of fruits. It's still more on ice coz it's a popsicle so don't expect to get a really creamy popsicle if you choose the dairy based flavors but for the price, it's worth trying the other flavors as well. For the service, the staff was really kind to even let us take a picture of unopened popsicles coz we already ate ours.

Strawberry yoghurt and Banana Split

Restaurant Review: La Creperie @ Eastwood Mall

My friends and I love to eat and we also love trying different retaurants and food. One day, we were searching for a restaurant to eat since it was pay day and we saw this cute little restaurant in Eastwood Mall. It looked like a small doll house with nice white chairs and it's wall decorated with yellow and white striped wallpaper. It looked like a French Café. The restaurant is small and has only a limited number of tables, I think about 3 to 4 tables inside which can seat 4 people each. Everything is dainty in my opinion. If you like doll houses, you'll like the theme of the restaurant.

 

 

 

 The restaurant I believe is also owned by the owners of the famous juice stand, Big Chill so they serve a lot of fruit shakes and drinks.

 

  The menu consists mostly of French foods such as crepes, breads and pastas. We ordered carbonara, cheeseburger with I forgot what some rare cheese it had with fries on the side, French toast and for dessert, flambéed crepe with kiwis, mangoes and strawberries.

 

  The burger was good but I think the meat was not that juicy but the cheese was quite different in a good way but not that spectacular. 

 

 

  The pasta is also on the dry side but was okay. The French toast is also good but it's your usual toasted bread with sunny side up and they added a bit of greens on the side. I think we liked the crepe the most. It has a bit of orange liquer and was served flaming. The fruits were sweet but not overly sweet and it complimented the thin crepe. I think it is best if you get it ala mode.

 

  Since it's a relative of  Big Chill, we ordered fruit shakes as our drinks. We ordered kiwi and lychee shakes which are actually good and not too sweet.

 

We spent about 1000 pesos for all the food that we ate. I think it's quite expensive in my opinion since most of the dishes can only feed just one person, not really enough for sharing.