Our relationship has more often than not been characterised by food. We love to eat and try new restaurants whenever possible. We also love to go back to our favourite places: Launceston Place, Byron, Le Vacherin (the venue we chose for our wedding lunch incidentally, with a review to follow)... One place that has come up in our travels more than once is the Kensington Crémerie Crêperie.
It's an ultra-relaxed café offering crepes, ice cream, drinks and no frills. The quality is high enough to merit numerous re-visits: whenever I'm in South Kensington I am always tempted (usually temptation leads to greed and greed leads to a quick bite). I've been asked on a few occasions where to eat in South Kensington and my answer is always this place. Rather than the overpriced bakeries and suspect Asian restaurants near the tube station, or the 'just like mama used to make' tourist-traps on the A4, head for the wide pedestrian-filled section of Exhibition Road and relax.
Best enjoyed on a sunny day with an outside seat, you can't beat a good ham, egg & cheese crepe, followed by a banana & chocolate dessert pancake or some ice cream from their gelaterie, which is another matter entirely. A relatively recent addition, they bought out the vacant lot next door and extended their cosy little crepe café to include an ice cream bar as well. I'm very glad they did.
The mango, passion fruit and cheesecake ice creams they offer are worth the visit alone. Proper thick and creamy gelato, there's just no comparison to the rubbish that is on offer in most other stands around the capital. If you're too full or hot to go for a crepe, at least pop in for a cup of ice cream as you stroll about the South Kensington streets.
It's a small and friendly institution, one that should be sampled the second you're next visiting any of the Kensington museums. Crepes and ice cream...what more could one want?
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