Millie Creperie

Bakery: Millie Creperie
Address: 161 Baldwin St, Toronto ON 
Website: http://milliecreperie.com/
Style: Japanese, French
Price: $$$

In addition to Hungarian crepes, Kensington Market also offers up a Japanese version at Millie. And well, you know how I'm eager to try anything Japanese.... In fact, you can start with lunch on the east end of Baldwin (home to fantastic Japanese restaurants), cross Spadina and have dessert at Millie. Of course you might just end up blowing your weekly food budget, but at least your taste buds will be satisfied for the day. ;D

Anyways~ Millie, as the name suggests, specializes in Japanese-style crepes, which are thinner and crunchier than their French equivalent. They offer mostly sweet options, with some savoury, in the form of rolled crepes with a variety of fillings, mostly involving some form of gelato. Step inside and you'll find that they also offer cakes! ^^; As with other Japanese food-related businesses and, well, crepe joints for that matter, expect to pay more than your average bakery/cake place, with items all around $8. At the same time, expect to get high quality in return (see incredible layer of matcha below *-*).

The irresistible choice had to be the green tea mille crepe cake ($8): perhaps not a thousand, but several paper-thin crepes interspersed with cream and matcha (green tea powder). Doesn't just looking at this make your mouth water? Well, it does for me. :) Absolutely delectable and undeniably Japanese, this felt somewhat lighter than it actually was, especially given the amount of cream in it. This is most certainly a must-try. I'm not sure if I'd run to make that kind of investment again, since it was a wee bit expensive, but at the very least, you come away with the feeling that you've just had something very special. Fantastic stuff.

Rating: ****