Celebrating cafe society [restaurant review]
Creme de la Crepe owner Joelle with a dessert crepe. Photo by JP Cordero When you dream of a summer vacation in a sophisticated city, your mind is likely to turn to Paris, perhaps to a fantasy involving a leisurely meal and a glass of wine at a sidewalk café overlooking the Seine. In a typical July or August your companions will mainly be other tourists, because Parisians are notorious for taking their own vacations then. Most travelers don’t mind, because the scene is just as lovely, even if the people at the table next to you are you speaking in Swedish or Persian instead of French. None of us are traveling much this year, but that’s no reason not to pursue the local equivalent of that particular experience. For the Peninsula that would be a meal at Creme de la Crepe, which has a location at the top end of the Promenade on the. The architecture is generic California mall, but the solidly built cafe tables shaded by blue umbrellas and flanked with potted shrubs lend a sense of style. Though there are crepes in the restaurant’s name and on the menu, much more is offered here. My wife and I mused over some pastas and risottos we had enjoyed on previous visits before deciding that…
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