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2013-08-26
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In Little Britain (as opposed to Great Britain) they eat galette bretonne, or, in the local (severely endangered) language, krampouezhenn gwinizh-du. These are buckwheat pancakes that strike me as most akin to dosas in appearance, taste, and texture-- though obviously with more of a buckwheat taste. La Creperie has a branch in Wan Chai, and maybe also in Shanghai-- there's a restaurant in Shanghai called La Creperie that looks a lot like this one (right down to the salt and pepper shakers), but
La Creperie has a branch in Wan Chai, and maybe also in Shanghai-- there's a restaurant in Shanghai called La Creperie that looks a lot like this one (right down to the salt and pepper shakers), but I don't know if they're related. I went to the Sheung Wan one because it's right down the street from me.
At lunchtime it can get crowded, but we went around 8:00pm for dinner and had our choice of seats, and went for the high tables.
I should mention that these galettes are huge and neither of us finished ours. Otherwise we'd have had crepes. We did have the traditional accompaniment to galettes: dry, naturally fermented apple cider from Breiz. You drink it out of un bolee de cidre-- in this instance, just a bowl. I love food that has unique drink pairings and drinks that have vessel pairings-- and this cider is pretty good too.
The service was warm and friendly for us. There's such a variety of galettes on the menu, and the place is so close by to me, that I think I will return. Kalon digor! A
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