Crepe Shop Master
Hmm…exceptional Tetsuya dining experience one entry, and low down kooky Japanese ice-cream the next. At least I can never be accused of food snobbery 
Green Mart on Exhibition once again provided my ice-cream amusement for the day. Please let me introduce the Crepe Shop Master, a wedge of pancake wrapped chocolate chip ice-cream care of our friends over at Morinaga.
As with most things packaged in Japan, there are instructions on how to “use” the packaging. The master himself instructions on where to tear, and the package magically opens to reveal the ice-cream within.
The taste? Surprisingly the crepe was good - tender and pliable without being water-logged. The ice cream was fantastically fake and dotted with flakes of chocolate bits, but extremely edible.
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May 2nd, 2007 | Tags: ice cream | Category: Uncategorized
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May 3rd, 2007 at 10:07 pm
I’ve walked past Green mart so many times. I know now not to just walk past but to walk in for “kooky” foods
May 4th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
These crepe/ice cream snack are really popular in Osaka and Tokyo at the moment. I saw a huge line snaking out of a food court in Osaka and when I went to check it out I found that everyone was queuing up at a crepe shop.
It was amazing! I reckoned they would’ve waited like 15 - 20mins for a serve of the crepes. Too bad I was too hungry to be bothered queuing for it..
I should pay a visit to Green Mart for one of these the next time I’m in the city
May 4th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
As with what Iling said above, the crepe places ARE huge in Japan. When in Tokyo, I saw them everywhere and tried a few places too. They were deliciously fresh, smelled absolutely amazing and had so many options I wanted to try them all. Nothing quite beat a freshly-made crepe with slices of peach, vanilla icecream and drizzles of chocolate sauce. Mmm.
There’s a place called Ichipan Crepes in the laneway from Swanston St. going into Melbourne Central which is of the same concept. It too smells absolutely amazing all the time, plus they advertise nutella as part of their options. YUM! I personally have never tried, but perhaps your post might just push me into trying one in the name of research..
May 5th, 2007 at 6:11 am
Hey cherrie pie - I never pass up an opportunity to walk into an ethnic grocer for a looksee. You never know what kooky foods you may find! Green Mart is unfortunately very close to work, and I can’t help but go in to see what’s new.
Hi ilingc and mel. - EG and I are actually off to Japan in October for four weeks. Any foodie must do’s? Yes, the crepe industry is starting to boom here in Melbourne too, though there appears to be French (Choix), Italian (Brunetti) and Asian (Ichipan) to choose from. I’m yet to go to Ichipan, though their nutella and fake aerosol cream looks very very yum. There is also one crepe with a hunk of mud cake in it!! Okay…I am now on a mission to get me some ichipan
May 6th, 2007 at 1:03 am
Japan! That’s so exciting! Autumn in Japan is absolutely stunning, all brown, gold and orange colours.
You might find in Japan that there is an abundance of westernised japanese eateries, ranging from any sort of fast food chain to cafes serving pizza and spaghetti. Personally, I preferred to stick with more localised food traditions, although the westernised Japanese tastes are also fairly interesting for the sake of curiosity.
My recommendations are kobe beef, if you can find it (the good pieces of meat are REALLY expensive, but worth every melt-in-your-mouth bite, especially since the Japanese government doesn’t allow exports of their best grades of kobe beef); any random roadside noodle shop will generally have better-than-average, cheap noodle and rice dishes (worth the experience of eating with locals). And of course, a jaunt to the supermarket is definitely worth it - japanese snack food is quite an eyeopener.
May 6th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Hi Mel,
Kobe Beef may very be the last thing you want to eat in Japan.
We have equivalent if not better product, Blackmore Wagyu which are farmed here in outskirt of Melbourne, anyway.
I doubt if there is ever any Kobe Beef from Japan that would be served at Oscar Ceremony like Blackmore, =).
Surely, hard to go wrong with such pedigree.
May 7th, 2007 at 5:47 am
hey mellie, i was trawlling through a korean grocery store in here in canberra over the weekend and i found me one of these!. next time i’ll have to keep an eye out for the crepemaster!
May 7th, 2007 at 6:30 am
*sigh!* i’m always having problems adding links. aaanywaaay, i was of course referring to the taiyaki ice cream fish, from an earlier post of yours. it was delicious!
May 7th, 2007 at 11:37 am
Hi there mel. - thanks so much for your recommendations
EG and I are both really looking forward to experiencing Japan in the autumn - hopefully we’ll get nice temperate weather, and yes, those beautiful autumn colours. We are interested in experiencing the full gamut of cuisine options - whether it be bastardised westernised food, to the real deal ramen / katsu / sansai-ryori / takoyaki / okonmiyaki / soba / sushi / sashimoi…well, you what I mean :-). I know I will have died and gone to heaven when I step foot in a Supermarket. I’m going to have to organise a shipping container to send all the stuff I want home!
Hey anon - thanks for your comments. I hear that superior grade Kobe beef is not exported, so I am actually looking forward to sampling the real deal in Kobe. And I don’t disagree with you on the Blackmore - it rocks!
Hi serenity later - don’t worry, I am always stuffing up my links too
I’m just glad you finally got to sample the Taiyaki Fish Ice Cream. It’s good, huh? I love that ice-confection stuff. It’s hideously processed, but yummy.
May 7th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
True, but I wished those beef in Japan comes with specific brand like here.
At least you can trace some pedigree behind it.
I just hate to be ripped off to spend so much just to eat re-badged American / Australian farmed wagyu.
May 8th, 2007 at 8:46 am
Hi anon,
Matsusaka is one brand of Japanese wagyu beef, from cattle raised in Hyogo Prefecture.
Can I ask if you’ve been in Japan and tried the beef there? Not dissing the Aussie product, but it’s hard to say which is better unless one has tried both =)
May 8th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Yes, I tried it once but the host doesn’t seem too happy when we dredge more about the brand.
Blackmore tasted better. It could be that the Japanese perception regard that meat as better-tasting