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Strawberry cheesecake

Tiramisu

Owner Dat Lam opened Crêpeful in 2019.

NUMEROUS CREPE OPTIONS Crêpeful’s range of 20 sweet and savory crepe options oers something for everyone.

Strawberry cheesecake crepe: Fresh strawberries with uy cheesecake lling nished with a strawberry drizzle and whipped cream ($8.75) Tiramisu crepe: tiramisu cake with chocolate powder and a chocolate drizzle topped with whipped cream ($9.25) 1 2 JAPANESECREPES VS. FRENCH CREPES Though both versions of crepes can be sweet or savory, there are a couple of major dierences. Flour

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Crêpeful oers a multitude of crepe options.

PHOTOS COURTESY BIANCA MORENOPAZ

Crêpeful Austin local re-envisions a traditional French dish F ounded by a University of Texas graduate, Crêpeful, located adjacent to the Oasis, is the only restaurant in Austin serving Japanese-style crepes, owner Dat Lam said. Lam discovered Japanese crepes during a BY BIANCA MORENOPAZ

Form • Japanese crepes are rolled into a convenient cone shape. • French crepes, on the other hand, lay at.

With no background in the food industry, Lam decided to lease the space next to the Oasis due to its neighborhood feel and steady ow of tourists and locals alike. “Since I was new to the food business, it was hard to nd a good location for someone like me without a background in food,” he said. “I came out to the Oasis, and it didn’t feel like it was in Austin; it felt like a good place for me.” Crêpeful’s menu oers 20 dierent sweet and savory crepe options as well as an extensive list of beverages, such as teas; “milksicles,” a creamy drink that tastes like a creamsicle; and Vietnam- ese coee, a nod to his heritage. There is also the option to create your own custom crepe. To date, the most popular avors are tiramisu and strawberry cheesecake, though he said he would like to introduce something more uncon- ventional: a Philly cheesesteak crepe. “I like to travel, so when I try a dish I like, I try to recreate it as a crepe,” he said. In the future, Lam said he hopes to expand the business by oering a franchise option. He also said he plans to continue to focus on the research and development side as well as creating more avors and products.

• Japanese crepes are made with rice our. • French crepes are made with wheat our.

postgraduate trip to Japan, where he was drawn to their portability in paper cones and variety of avors, setting them apart from their French counterparts. When Lam got back to Austin, he decided to pivot careers from electronic assembly and semiconductors to go into the food business. A scroll through pictures of his travels brought him back to the Japanese crepes, which gave him the idea to start a Japanese creperie. Completely self-taught using his background in nutrition, Lam experimented with many dierent recipes until he settled on one that he liked, favoring a sturdier crepe that would be able to hold all of its ingredients. “Back when I was working in semiconductors, I would go home and test batters and practice how to make the crepes,” he said. Lam said it took him many months to master the art of making crepes.

Crêpeful 6550 Comanche Trail, Ste. 117, Austin 512-575-3595 www.crepeful.com Hours: Fri. 2-8 p.m., Sat. noon-8 p.m., Sun. noon- 7 p.m., closed Mon.-Thu.

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