We started off our meal with a bottle of supposedly famous alcoholic apple cider. Since I'm not used to the flavor of alcohol too much we got a the DOUX or a light smooth version of the bottle with only 2.5% alcohol as opposed to the darker, raw version with an unknown percentage of alcohol. (I only know the percentage because the waiter kept assuring us that this bottle was a light version with only 2.5%...constantly). The 75cL bottle that was good for 2 cupfuls for each of the three people present set us back only €11 and was actually pretty good. After getting by the initial sip and shock of alcoholic after taste, I resumed to almost chugging the rest of my cup down thinking I could quench my thirst with this apple cider.
As for the main entree, there is a wide selection of crepes ranging from the simple ham and cheese to more unique combinations under the house specialties list. I have a tendency to try the house specials when I go to a new place and I wasn't about to leave La Petit Tour without trying their specialty crepes. So out of the four they had, I went with the recommendation of a friend and useful Paris blog and chose the “Forrestière” which had ground steak, lots of mushrooms, goat and emmental cheese, dairy cream, and garlic. I've had savory crepes before but as usual, the French surprised me once more with a crepe that came out looking more like a casserole:
Interestingly enough,I found the crepe under that mound of cheese. The taste was definitely beefy and rich with the steak, and cheese overpowering much of the garlic and mushroom. The crepe batter itself didn't have too much flavor (or was again overpowered) and had a more grainy texture and dark color that made me wonder if it was wheat-based. The crepe was solid in taste overall but is definitely not for those with a light palette. I had a taste of my friends specialty crepe that had ham and I think I might have preferred the lighter ham flavor over the heavy steak.
But on to dessert! I chose again a specialty crepe as opposed to a standard nutella and banana crepe that came with apples, walnuts, vanilla ice cream, and flaming glaze. The flaming glaze was another surprise where our waiter brought out our crepe, doused it with alcohol and lit the entire thing on fire. Pretty confusing and amazing at the same time. The fire was too sudden and short to capture on picture or video. The crepe did look something like this before we demolished it though:
The texture of the crepe was excellent with the right amount of fluffy layers. Ice cream was ice cream and the apples and walnuts tasted like well...apples and walnuts. Everything about this dessert crepe would have been great if it weren't for the darned flaming glaze. You see, the alcohol (I'm gonna guess rum) that was doused over the entirety of our crepe to set it on fire for a fleeting 2 seconds definitely overpowered the delicate taste of everything else and since again, I'm not a big proponent of an alcoholic flavor, this dessert crepe was definitely a miss.
However, overall, La Petite Tour is a gem of a crepe place that offers a huge selection of crepes where I just happened to order the wrong one. I would definitely go back though to try their other selections of crepes, one without a flaming glaze.
La Petite Tour
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6 Rue Grégoire de Tours, 75006 Paris, Île-de-France, France
Metro: Mabillon or Odeon
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