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2013-12-14
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It was 10pm.E and I had just finished dinner at Red Restaurant IFC. I suggested we go elsewhere for dessert and E, as usual, proposed getting Chinese sweet soup. We strolled to Soho hoping to eat at that place along the pedestrian escalator (HFL) serving famous vegetable rice and sweet soups but, to our dismay, it had been unknowingly replaced by another resto. Hence we wandered further up and arrived at Graham St. Between Sift and Fleur de sel, we picked the latter.Service:Good service - the w
E and I had just finished dinner at Red Restaurant IFC. I suggested we go elsewhere for dessert and E, as usual, proposed getting Chinese sweet soup. We strolled to Soho hoping to eat at that place along the pedestrian escalator (HFL) serving famous vegetable rice and sweet soups but, to our dismay, it had been unknowingly replaced by another resto. Hence we wandered further up and arrived at Graham St. Between Sift and Fleur de sel, we picked the latter.
Service:
Good service - the waitress was very helpful and friendly.
Food:
Speculoos crepe with vanilla ice cream (sprinkled with crushed speculoos) ~$80To be honest $80 is really expensive for a crepe considering how it's really just eggs, flour, sugar, and whatever condiment they pile on it. Sigh. As with many other things. Okay it's really eggy biscuits taking a flatter, bigger form, with toppings. Meh. Eggy biscuits cost $20 max per batch.
By way of background, the idea of a speculoos crepe appealed to me at all only because G introduced me to the wonderful and amazing realm of speculoos (by buying me a jar of cookie butter from Trader Joe's). Thanks, G.
The crepe was around two 10 cents coins thick and quite even. Tasted sufficiently sweet standing alone. No crisp edges because it wasn't thin enough, but it's alright because the topping was tasty. A thick, guilt-inducing spread of speculoos on half of the crepe; quite sweet but slightly savoury at the same time; kinda like peanut butter but sweeter, and spiced with, among others, cinnamon and nutmeg. The lone scoop of vanilla ice cream was not too sweet or thick which helped to cut the sweetness. Only vanilla would've worked, out of the conventional ice cream flavours. Chocolate would've been too rich. The speculoos sprinkles added an extra grainy texture to the otherwise doughy dessert. Not that it was necessary - didn't care much for texture because it was too yummy.
Late night desserts...once in a blue moon. Glad I shared it with you, E.
Conclusion
Won't mind returning to try some other crepes, maybe the savoury ones. But I feel indifferent towards the creperies in town - the more well-known ones being La Creperie and Fleur de Sel. La Creperie has a wider selection of food I think, and a longer establishment. I was equally happy with my experiences at both restaurants.
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