Happy summertime, Vancouver! I know, most people have complained about how cold and wet it's been this year, but frankly, it's made everything green all the way into August, so I'm okay with it. After another long hiatus from the blog, I have returned to tell you about food and how great (or not) it is. This week, I happened to head to a franchise restaurant instead of a smaller, local place. Why? Well, because I felt like it! This week, you can welcome (and say good-bye) to my friend, Anna!
Cafe Crepe is one of those places that I normally go to for a cheap-ish pitcher of beer and maybe a burger when I'm downtown. Just recently, they opened up a new location right on Commercial Drive, right between 2nd and 3rd Avenue (1818 Commercial Drive). As you can gather from the name, Cafe Crepe is geared towards a European-type cafe and specializes in crepes. From my experience, their crepes are fairly okay, but nothing that I've committed to memory, while their burgers and fries are quite good, especially for the price. So, I figured, why not try out their breakfast? Plus, Anna had never tried eggs Benedict and wanted to before she caught a flight home to Germany, and Cafe Crepe has it on the menu.
The restaurant itself is an open-concept kind of place. The kitchen, crepe grills and cash register are all behind the same bar along the right side of the restaurant, while booths and tables take up the rest of the space. This location is also one of the "express" cafes, so you place your order and pay first, then choose to either take your food to go or to sit down and stay. After a brief look over the menu, I settled on the "Petite Déjeuner Spécial" (basically an eggs & bacon special that's only available Mon - Fri until 10:30am and costs $5.45), while Anna went with the traditional eggs benny ($10.75). Coffee was included in my special, and Anna just wanted water, so no drinks beyond that were ordered. We took a booth and continued our conversation from before. Only about a minute after sitting down, the manager came over and broke some bad news to us. They were waiting for their food supplier to arrive, so they didn't have any hollandaise sauce! Great. Come to get one thing and the place can't actually make it! So instead of that, Anna reluctantly went with a Denver omelette. After a brief wait, we were both brought our plates of food...
What can I say? It was pretty generic. I mean, do I really expect a whole lot from a place like this for $5.45? I mean, it wasn't that any of the meal tasted bad, it was just that none of it was really noteworthy. The toast was a bit underdone, so more like warm bread and the eggs were a bit rubbery and bland. The bacon was soft and tasty, at least! Anna agreed that her omelette was "good", but nothing to commit to memory for any real amount of time. The shredded hash browns reminded her of a food in Europe, but that was about it. Overall, I'd have to give it 2 Bacons, and that's mostly for the service. In terms of the price and the food quality, I could easily walk up or down the street and get something better. Best just stick with beer and burgers at Cafe Crepe.
Stay sharp, kids
Jesse
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