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Date Dined: Weds 8th June 8.15pmOrdered: La Toulouse ( sausage, onion, cheese, French mustard) La Super Complete ( ham, cheese, egg, mushroom ) Cranberry juiceTaste: La Toulouse - The crepe was very crispy. Comapred to crepes I have had in UK and in HK,you can tell these are more authentic. These are more thin whereas the 'crepes' out there are quite thick and very filling. as they are so thick, you can taste the flour and egg mixture. the ones here at
Date Dined: Weds 8th June 8.15pmOrdered: La Toulouse ( sausage, onion, cheese, French mustard)
La Super Complete ( ham, cheese, egg, mushroom )
Cranberry juice
Taste:
La Toulouse - The crepe was very crispy. Comapred to crepes I have had in UK and in HK,you can tell these are more authentic. These are more thin whereas the 'crepes' out there are quite thick and very filling. as they are so thick, you can taste the flour and egg mixture. the ones here at Fleur de Sel you cannot taste the Flour taste. The crepe is crispy and you can faintly taste the egg taste in it.The crepe was flat, with 3 sausage near the middle, nicely seperated.
The sauce was drizzled on top with cheese. It certainly didn't look as colouful as the other crepe we ordered. But once you have the first bite, it was so delicious, you won't put down your fork. As the sauce is mainly in the middle the edge was very plain. So i would cut a piece of the plain crepe from the corner and dab a bit of teh musturd in the centre. it was so tasty. The sausage was quite big, i didn't like th sausage though. I wasn't expecting any taste in particular and i still cannot imagine which type of sausage would go well with the crepe. The sausage they used here was rather sweet, Like an apple tasting sausage. it was wierd. But was nice if you cut up a little piece by piece and eat with some crepe and musturd.I liked how the onions are spreaded out in the crepe, so with every mouth full you will get some onion.
La Super Complete- When this crepe came, it immediately took the spotlight off La Toulouse. This crepe was more colourful. You have the crepe then the pink of the ham, then you have the white and yellow of the gg right in the middle. Looked super delicious. couldn't wait to dig in. But once I dug in I realized the crepe was crispy like La Toulouse. This one was rather soggy and soft, and you can taste the egg and flour thick mixture. even if i had it with some ham, It was rather tasteless. Unlike La Toulouse it had the mustard, this crepe has no sauce. So I would have expected more cheese, but there was hardly any cheese apart from on the side.
I liked the crepe on the La Toulouse more as it was crispier. I had a question in mind which was how was i suposed to eat this crepe. the egg was perfectly cooked in the middle. as a habit, I have always kept the egg yolk to the last, and would eat the egg yolk as a whole. But for this, I think it was to poke the egg yolk and let the egg yolk run out and use it as a sauce. After you do that, half the crepe is covered with the egg yolk. It was very tasty but still, the other half of the crepe was sauceless and tasteless. Even the egg white did not taste much of anything.Although there are flaws the crepe was still enjoyable. i loved the part with cheese and egg yolks.
Atmosphere: This placed is on 2nd floor of what iw ould call a residential building. but there are many stores and cafes up there too. you might find it quite strange walking into the building. you will not find their name or photo downstairs on teh ground floor, so please remember it is on the 2nd floor/. There are two lifts. It might seems like the outside of the lift is the OLD lifts where you have to open the door yourself and close it. But inside there is another automatic door that closes itself. Then you should turn left upon arriving on 2nd floor. Walk down and you will see the restaurant signs.
I liked the atmosphere inside, dimmed with some lighting, not too bright. Music coming out from the kitchen, wasn't too loud, just playing soulfully at the background. there were few tables, about 5-6 tables inside. there are some sofa seatings. You can sit on the outside too, there are about 2-3 tables outside. There are no air conditioner inside, only a couple of fans, and one wasn't even on. i noticed there was a fan outside too, so shouldn't be too hot. the walls are grey, the seats are grey with some colourful cushions by the sofa seatings. The place is quite small which makes it quite cosy. Open bar area which you can look into the kitchenw hile the chef is cooking.
Service: once we have walked into the restuarant, we were greeted by one of the guy who was serving. Which i believe is French. He greeted us with a warm smile and asked how we were doing. I loved that, i havent been asked how I am since i have left London. he then asked if we would like to sit outside or inside. we sat down inside and he gave us a menu while he served the table next to us. i paid attention on how he served others. He was very warm and nearly smiled everytime his customers was ordering or talking. He later then came back to us to take our order and quickly took our order down. He was also the one who served us the crepe and nicely told us which one was which. half way through, he also asked how our meal was going. You don't get much of that in hong Kong. A good restaurant should always consider or put their custumers satisfactory or comments as priority. And i don't mean asking how you are and walk off straight away, but liek what he did- comes over , ask how it is, look you in the eye and smile. Then listens then walk away.
Our plates were not taken away till quite later which i like, that means you are allowed to appreciate the food and how it fills you up with satifaction. instead of handing you the bill straight away with interupt the feeling of satisfaction. we asked for the bill, and he kindly handed the bill to us.
Upon leaving, we walked past the kitchen. the chef said 'bye' then asked how it was. i told him it was fantastic. He then asked me ' took lovely pictures?" I said yes, lovely pictures, and he let me take a picture of him.
He was awfully kind, and I loved his attitude in making interaction with his costumers. I have not yet tried the crepe place in wanchai, but this place has won me over with its warmth and friendliness already!Conclusion
I have wanted to try this place since it was opened, but whether it was fate or just no luck, every time I came, itw as either full house, or closed. This time I made a BIG effort to come for dinner. it ahs been a good few years since it has opened, and I expected it won't be as packed since the 'Crepe' craze has cooled down. when I arrived there was one table inside and one table outside taken. But after a while another 3 tables were taken. it is still busy and popular, and i know the reason why.The crepe is nicely made, tin and crispy with generous amount of fillings. i loved how they don't just give you a crepe on its own, but with abit of salad too, just to freshen up and make it less guilty. There are wide arrange of crepes to choose from, there are savory and sweet crepe. so much that i wanted to try them all. I can't wait til next time to go try other flavour crepe.
I was planning to have 1 savory and 1 sweet crepe, but as there were wide range of savory crepe and they all seemed delicious, i couldnt help but choose two savory and was planning get 1 sweet crepe afterwards. But you would never have expected, having the crepe really filled me up. it looked so thin and flat, but fills you up right to the top. No more room for the sweet crepe, such a shame. I would recommend to share a crepe so you can taste more. I would definately go for one that has a sauce like the one with mustard that i chose.
Their service was spot on. they were friendly, and that I mean, they were NOT fake friendly which soem restaurant do. They chat to you and make sure your food is good. Leaving a good costumer service image to you will promote more business and i liked their approach. Only thing I did not like and hope they will consider about is serving water. they do not serve any water so you would need to order drinks. that is a good business strategy but being a 'considerate' host, youw ould like your costumers to enjoy the food bit more, especially in an NON aircon environment, it would be nice to serve water, it freshens up the taste bud too!The size of the two crepe is about the same. It takes skills to make them about the same size. Size of the plate but little bit bigger so the corners are sticking out. The drinks however was not special and wasnt worth the price.
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