Banana Nutella Crepes

Submitted by Barb on Sat, 01/11/2003 - 22:04

Our friend Gloria is in town and I wanted to make a non-baked dessert for our afternoon tea. I also wanted to use ingredients I already have around the house.

I decided to make crepes filled with bananas, nutella and toasted pecans. The dessert reminded me of some of the crepes we've had at new creperies that are popping up around town. The crepes were a hit for the adults as well as Glo's 14 month old baby, Ezra!

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Basic Crepes

Submitted by Barb on Sat, 01/11/2003 - 21:57

2 large eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 Tbsp. sugar (omit if making savoury crepes)
Pinch of salt
3 Tbsp. butter, melted

Put eggs, milk, water and dry ingredients into a blender or food processor. Combine until smooth.
Slowly pour in butter while blender is running.
Cover and let stand for 30 minutes or refrigerate for up to 2 days.
Heat a crepe pan or a skillet with a 7" or 8" diameter over medium heat.
Lightly butter. Pour in about 2 Tbsp. batter while swirling pan to make a thin, even layer.

RecipeSource.com

Submitted by Roland on Fri, 01/10/2003 - 18:43

"RecipeSource is the new home of SOAR: The Searchable Online Archive of Recipes and your source for recipes on the Internet".

An excellently organized and comprehensive archive of recipes. Check it!

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Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2003 Followup

Submitted by Roland on Thu, 01/09/2003 - 00:26

Todd Wong sent us an email and enclosed a lovely "Year of the Sheep Haggis" Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2003 poster (190K JPEG image).

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The Mouse & the Bean Cafe moving to Cambie and Hastings

Submitted by Roland on Wed, 01/08/2003 - 18:30

While chatting with the nice people at The Mouse and The Bean Cafe, I found out today that they are moving in February to Hastings and Cambie where the Victory Cafe used to be. Congrats on the expansion and the move!

I am sure that their food will be just as tasty (in particular I like their chicken quesadillas!) in the new location.

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La Petite France on vacation Jan 5-22, 2003

Submitted by Roland on Wed, 01/08/2003 - 18:19

Forgot to mention in yesterday's La Petite France item that they are taking a well-deserved vacation from January 5-22, 2003 inclusive. La Petite France will re-open on January 23, 2003. Something to look forward to!

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La Petite France

Submitted by Roland on Tue, 01/07/2003 - 23:58

I recently realized to my horror that we have not done a mini-review of our favourite French bakery, La Petite France!

If you haven't been yet, you must check it out! It rocks! Please check out our La Petite France mini-review for more details.

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Mini-Review: La Petite France

Submitted by Roland on Tue, 01/07/2003 - 23:46

Everything is good at La Petite France!

We have tried their baguettes and loved their chewy crispy goodness.

We have tried their croissants, pain au raisin and pain au chocolat and loved them all.

We have tried their tarte flambée and loved it as well.

And of course we have tried their sweets, the patate, eclairs, tarts, sacher torte; their croquembouche it's all good!

General Tso's chicken

Submitted by Roland on Mon, 01/06/2003 - 21:59

Deviating slightly from yesterday's theme, here are two articles on that famous and yummy American Chinese dish (I've never had it in Canada only in the USA but I am sure you can get it in both countries), General Tso's Chicken:

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Chinese Culinary Arts course at UBC

Submitted by Roland on Sun, 01/05/2003 - 20:59

I love Chinese food and want to learn as much as I can about it. In fact, I think I am fascinated by it more than most Chinese people (I am a Canadian who was born in the Philippines i.e. a Filipino-Canadian, a term that I don't like but is probably helpful!). After meeting Barb (who is a Canadian of Chinese descent i.e. "Chinese-Canadian" to use the dreaded hyphenated appellation again!), my knowledge of Chinese cuisine has increased greatly.

Barb's family has a very nuanced and sophisticated understanding of Chinese food and I continue to learn much from them.

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