Mannekenpis , Amsterdam

Pancakes! , Amsterdam

Winkel 43 , Amsterdam

apple pie with cream

This is not your conventional British or American Apple Pie; it resembles an apple cake, with chunky, juicy apples encased in a luxuriously rich, buttery cake batter, baked till a golden brown top forms that crumbles at the slightest probe. So tasty. 

This probably isn't the healthiest of cakes, but with cakes like this, healthy can wait.

Winkel 43

Noordelmarkt 43,
1015 NA, Amsterdam

Breizh Cafe

Creperie Josselin, Paris

This is one of the much talked about creperies in Paris, Creperie Josselin. Did it live up to its reputation?

I ordered the set lunch, which offered the very decent deal of 10 euros for a savoury crepe, a dessert crepe and a drink.

crepe au jambon et fromage/ crepe with ham and cheese

crepe au caramel au beurre/ crepe with toffee

 (I was in luck and got to try two dessert crepes as my lunch partner had ordered something different.)

crepe compote de pommes / crepe with apple compote

I liked the savoury crepe; although the presentation left much to be desired, the combination of cheese and ham went well with the buckwheat-based crepe that had a slightly crisp finish.

The dessert crepes were good; but I found it better when I combined the apple compote with the toffee sauce. On their own, they were somewhat lacking in the oomph factor.

I might have been spoilt rotten by my experience at Breizh Cafe, also a very, very popular creperie in Paris, and also where I had the ultimate gastronomic experience of a dessert crepe thus far. (blog post on that to come)

Nonetheless, I must give credit to Creperie Josselin for offering this very good deal of quality crepes at affordable prices in expensive Paris.

La Creperie de Josselin

67 rue du Montparnasse

Paris, France
01 43 20 93 50