You can get crepes anywhere in Tokyo but I think Shibuya and Harajuku are the hot spots for crepes. Basically, anywhere that teenage girls like to flock after school, you can find crepe stalls. The simple, generic versions are those filled with various fruits and cream. The more intense ones have veggies, barbequed meats or even seafood in them - like a hotpocket, only better.
Crepes were super trendy 10 years ago in Japan, but the fad has died down a bit since then. They were (and still are) for the majority, cheap street food. Wrapped in paper in a cone shape, they're like an on-the-go hot and cold dessert. We've all outgrown them, I think. It's embarrassing to line up at crepe stalls now unless you're 16 and on a date with your high school sweetheart.
But we still have cravings.
So where should the grown-ups go for grown-up crepes?
POPHOT in Gohongi. Mature tastebuds will surely appreciate both les galettes sarrasin and les crepes froment here, provided by Chef Yoshida. The chef whom some may know as the original man behind the legendary Au Temps Jadis in Shibuya, where crepes first took off in Japan. Yoshida's POPHOT is a more casual version without the Bourgogne, afternoon tea flair. Conveniently situated along Komazawa-Dori (my jogging route), I think it's a great place to take your date after a nice dinner. Why go to a pretentious bar with moody lights when you can wow your girl with a great dessert place that has fantastic antique interior decor? The service is wonderful, the air is homey, and they're open 'til 10pm. Treat your girl to the pear and caramel crepe topped with vanilla bean ice cream. You'll get a goodnight kiss for sure.
Definitely going back next week to have lunch.
I hear the Oeuf Fromage Saucisse Champignons (Egg.Cheese.Sausage.Mushrooms) galette is fantastique.
POPHOT - crepe and galette -（ポポット）
Meguro-ku, Gohongi 3-31-6, Tokyo
Open 12:30~17:30, 19:00~22:00 | Closed Wednesdays.
Tel: 03.3794.6769
For those who want the original and are willing to get out of your sweats and dress up a bit, try Au Temps Jadis. They have a very cute French-inspired garden and open terrace. A great place for a girls-day-out!
AU TEMPS JADIS Creperie（オタンジャディス）
Shibuya-ku, Jinnan 1-5-4, Royal Palace Harajuku 102
Tel: 03.3770.2458
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