Last month, I enjoyed some utterly mouthwatering mille crêpe cakes at the newly opened L’otus Cake Boutique in Richmond. ThoughI have yet to visit Lady M for some world-class mille crêpe cakes, I am willing to settle for some local takes on thisclassic French cake with alternating layers of crêpe and cream. While researching interesting places to eat in Seattle, I came across Instagram posts of mille crêpe cakes offered at Rain Cafe. What stood out to me were that these cakes came ininteresting flavours like taro, durian, cookies & cream and one “rainbow”-colored one. They also seem to have them pre-made instead of requiring customers topre-order. I decided to visit to Rain Cafe to see how their mille crêpe cakes fared.
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AsianStrip Mall
Rain Cafe is located in North Seattle in an Asianstrip mall. The interior is very spacious and seems like a good place to study, get work done on a laptop, get together with friends or just enjoy a meal. They offer board games and even akeyboard piano and guitar for customers to use!
Seating is ample with a mix of booths, dining tables, and counter seating.
Rain Cafe Menu
Rain Cafe’s menu seems to be a mish-mash of Taiwanese and Japanese dishes. For appetizers, you’ll findTaiwaneseand Japanese street food like popcorn chicken and takoyaki. For mains, they have Chinese-style oxtail soup but also unagi don. Rain Cafe also has a small poke bar if you’re in the mood for some poke. Drinks run the gamut from coffee, tea to bubble tea. The menu seems affordable with appetizers between $4-$6 and mains between $7 – $11. Good for a student budget.
My primaryinterest were the mille crêpe cakes which they label as simply “layer cake.” The layer cakes are made in house according to staff and are placed in a display case. At the time of my visit, the flavours for the layer cake were taro, matcha, cookies and cream and durian. They also offer other types desserts like Japanese cheesecake and crème brûlée.
What We Tried
My family and I came in for some mid-day snacks and had the following:
Agedeshi tofu ($4.95)
Popcorn chicken ($4.95)
Taro layer cake ($7)
Cookies & creamlayer cake ($7.25)
For the taro layer cake, you could taste the taro flavour. I thought it was decently moist, light, creamy and flavourful. In terms of presentation, it could be neater like the arrangement of the layers or perhaps trimming the edges. But for a more home-stylemille crêpe cakes or rather one that you would find in an Asian strip mall, I thought it was pretty good and satisfying.
The cookies & creamis a more unique flavour for a layer cake. It was less smooth than the taro cake because it had crushed cookie bits within the creamlayer. The cookie bits added som fun texture to an otherwise smooth dessert. It did taste like cookies and cream and was delicious overall.
And here’s a little video of me cutting into those cakes:
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Aside from cake, we had some savouries like the original flavour popcorn chicken. Good texture in terms of crispy on the outside and juicy and tender on the inside. However, it was quite underseasoned even for original flavour. Adding some more salt would improve thetaste.
Agedeshi tofu is one of my go-to Japanese appetizers. Crunchy on the outside, silky on the inside, and reasonably sweet and savoury flavours from the sauce. Pretty good.
Overall Impression
All the food we tried from Rain Cafe was better than expected for the type of place it is. Their cakes weren’t the most polished in terms of presentation but still decently satisfying forthe sweet tooth. I wouldn’t mind trying their layer cakes again in other flavours but the taro and cookies & cream were good. Rating: 3.5/5
The cake is labor intensive to make so its quite expensive for its size. Its a French cake consisting of bunch of layers (20+) of paper thin crepes, each separated with a brush of French pastry.
Although crepe cakes have long existed in French pastry under the name “gâteau de crêpes”, modern mille crepe cakes were invented by Japanese pastry chef Emy Wada.
One day prior to serving, move the cake to the refrigerator to allow time to defrost. Once defrosted, cakes may be stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
What's healthier: crêpes or pancakes? A single crêpe has less fat and calories than pancakes because they don't have the baking powder and, so, are less dense.
The most obvious difference is that crepes are made with a crepe roller and often have savory fillings. Swedish pancakes are made with a pan tilt to make them thin and they are almost always served with sweet fillings (lingonberries and cream, be still my heart).
Does crepe cake need to be refrigerated? Yes, please refrigerate this cake, because the filling is made with fresh dairy ingredients, like cream and mascarpone (or cream cheese). Loosely wrap it in plastic wrap and store it for 3 days.
Crêpes originated in France around Brittany all the way back in the 13th century. Crepes originally used buckwheat flour, a relatively new ingredient in Europe at the time. According to the stories, peasants made the first crepe by accidentally dropping porridge on a flat cooktop.
Over mixing the batter can cause too much gluten to form, which will give you chewy rubbery crepes…we don't want this. So make sure to mix just until everything is combined, there will be lumps but this is ok.
It's a dessert that's as classic as can be. There are a ton of different ways to bake a cake, but Lady M's mille crepe cakes are on a whole other level. First of all, this cake has 40 layers. That's right—4-0.
This cake can be made and assembled 1-2 days ahead of serving. If you want to prep the individual elements further ahead, here's how. Make the crepes ahead and store them between layers of parchment in an airtight container for 1-2 days. Better yet, make the crepes and freeze them in an airtight bag for up to a month.
Well, there's no right or wrong way 🧐 of eating crepe cakes, whether you eat them layer by layer or slice them with a fork 🍴. It all still comes down to the crepe's flavor and drink pairing 😮💨. And for me, La Crêperie's Matcha 🍵 Crepe Cake goes perfectly with their San Gínes Hot Chocolate ☕️.
The main difference is that pancake batter has a raising agent in it, such as baking powder or baking soda, and crepe batter does not. This means that pancakes are thicker and fluffy while crêpes are thin and flat.
The Thousand-Layer Cake or the Mille Crepe is a delicious and stunning layered crepe filled with cream. You might guess that Mille Crepe will have a thick, doughy, malleable consistency, but it's not. The Mille Crepe texture is very light, almost cloud like, also not too greasy.
The cakes at Lady M are impeccable. They're beautifully designed and have an irresistible light, heavenly quality. It's no secret that I'm a big fan of their Mille Crêpes and would rate it as one of the best desserts in the city.
Lunch with a drink in Paris can run nearly €16, but a street crepe normally costs only €5. Additionally, you may want to try something fancy, so be prepared to drop at least €30 on a set menu at a nice restaurant anywhere you go.
Our signature cake and famous worldwide, the Lady M Signature Mille Crêpes features paper-thin handmade crêpes layered with ethereal light pastry cream. Delicate and irresistible, the top is gently caramelized till golden.
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