Claire's Crepes

@ 457a King Street, Newtown

I've been eyeing this one for a bit now too. It's signage is quite plain, but the name already draws your attention. Claire's crepes. It's like Janet's Pies. There's something about personalisation that automatically creates that connection. I couldn't help it. I had to step through.

What we found on the inside were walls and walls of doors and doors. With Bloodwood across the road, it seems like this is the new indoor trend. There were numbers and images, some of the doors were old bathroom doors. I'll admit it. I tried to pull one for kicks. It didn't work.

The crepes on offer are a balanced mixture of sweet and savory. You could go for your heavier options with eggs and avocado. Or you could try the plains, which include lemon and sugar and Nutella. I'm a believer in testing the true, so lemon and sugar (Sour Frank) I went.

It was pricey. For ONE crepe, we were charged $8. The service was nice, but not worth the price. The size of the crepe was good, but again, not worth the price. May I remark that the only things in this dish are milk, flour, egg, lemon and sugar. I can't see how that equates to such a substantially inflated price. Perhaps if there was more novelty behind it besides the wall of doors, I could have forgiven them. But for a normal crepe with no special extras. I'm sorry, I can make better.

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