Four Frogs Creperie, Randwick

A new dessert place pop up in Randwick not too long ago! I saw it a couple months ago when I dropped my friends in around The Spot but been too busy trying out other places that I totally forgot about this place.

So finally decided to visit Four Frogs on a Sunday arvo with my friends. 

When we arrived, the place was full of people and another lucky day that we got the last table available. Our table was cleaned quickly and we were seated in no time. On the table, there was a paper plate mat of their menus and a little bit about their history.

Four Frogs is own by 4 Frenchmen who came to Australia and have a mission of bringing a French classic delicacy to Australian's palate through their Crepes. They offer choices between sweet crepes or savoury crepes (Galettes) and I want to try both!

Oo and also, the decoration of the place are simple, neat and bright :)

Skimming through the menu..... I saw Chorizo in one of the galettes with mushroom and cheese, perfect! Im getting that!! So it comes in a thin rectangular crispy crepes with lots of cheese and mushroom and thin slices of chorizo. Not the chorizo that I imagine it to be but it tasted delicious! The saltiness of the cheese and the crispy galettes is just perfect ~~

Chorizo, Mushroom, Avoda and Cheese Galettes $16

I told Bebski to get the Flambe Crepes so I can taste both sweet and savoury ;p Bebski has always been my victim. He can hardly choose what he wants. But oh well, most of the time he likes my choice so it works both ways Muahaha.. The crepes comes with vanilla ice cream, melted chocolate and Grand Marnier. The French waiter brought the Alcohol with him and do the Flambe in front of us. Unfortunately it was a shiny bright arvo and we can't really see the flambe T.T

I do find the Grand Marnier being too strong that it overpowers the whole dessert even altering the taste of their homemade vanilla ice cream. But on the other hand, Bebski loved it! He loves alcohol/rum in his dessert. Be it choco rumball and my chocolate pudding with Jamaican rum fla ;p

Vanilla Ice Cream, chocolate and Grand Marnier $14

Mr.P ordered the crepes with Coconut ice cream and Homemade Belgian Dark Chocolate filling and drizzle. And to forget its Mr.P, he ordered the double size crepes ! I love this crepes.. The combination of the dark slighty bitter chocolate with the sweetness and creaminess from the coconut ice cream is just awesome! I recommend this menu more than the Flambe :)

Coconut Ice Cream and Dark Belgian Chocolate $15 ( Le Double)

Just when I thought I found my favourite in Four Frogs, My bro's ordered came! He got the crepes with White Chocolate Ice cream, Salted caramel sauce and grilled almonds. Oh my God, it is just Divine. The grilled almond is smoky and crunchy and provides a great texture for the chewy crepes and the sweetness from the caramel. The white chocolate ice cream was smooth and creamy, I just wish that the scoop to be bigger ;p  I would definitely be back for this one!! Highly Recommended for all Almond Lovers!!

White Chocolate, Salted Caramel and Grilled Almonds $12

Overall, it was a great and filling dessert. The size is hugee and to be serve by Frenchmens with their French accent is just like an icing on a cake ;p
They closed late too, so another plus points! ^^

Four Frogs Creperie

The Little Snail, Pyrmont

A couple years back my friend told me to try Escargot in The Little Snail, but I am always hesitant to eat french.. First, my preference is Asian food, then when I got no other choice I'll go western ;P I also don't really like fine dining atmosphere where everything is so formal, quite and the portion is like TINY!

BUT..... This Groupon voucher came out 3 course meal for two only $75 and I got a further $20 reduction from Groupon, so I thought, why not.. I heard the escargot is great.. So I booked for tonight. Reached there about 6PM, there were only 3/4 tables occupied. The place was nice, neat and white. We left 7.40PM and the place was packed!

We were greeted and seated. Then not long after that, one of the waiter explain how the voucher works and provide us with some drinks choice that come with the voucher..

We got our menu and we were looking at what to choose from Entrée to Dessert.. 

For Drinks, I got the Strawberry Mocktail and my bf with his always boring choice -- ORange juice ;P

OJ on the right, Strawberry Mocktail on the left

Escargot is a must to order as it was the dish that this restaurant is famous for. I was thinking Salmon roulade is not a bad choice either, especially when T see it will be filled with cheese~~ The escargot was cooked with butter, garlic and Parsley served with 2 slices of french bread. It was yummy. Hands down for the Escargot :) The Salmon roulade came with 3 pieces of cheese rolled salmon with crisp potato nest, bit of salad and a passionfruit dressing. It was weird reading it through the menu but the combination worked really well! ^^

Escargot

Salmon Roulade

When we were walking towards the restaurant, my bf mentioned how he wanted to have beef steak cooked with red wine. Then when he was flipping through the menu, He saw it! One the top list of the main menu, there it was.. Fillet of beef Tenderloin with red wine jus.. So I know that he'll get it definitely! For me, I was seduced by the word "crispy" duck breast. I never had duck cooked french style before. I have only looked at it in Masterchef shows :p So I thought. hmmm.. Why not try it now. So I got it.

The beef Tenderloin was cooked perfectly and it was flavoursome too! But a bit disappointed by the duck as the skin was not crispy T.T The meat was pretty chewy too. . . But the cassis and raspberry sauce is a well- match to the duck :)

Magret de Canard

Beef Tenderloin

Then the part that I've been waiting for... I know that I'm not a big fan of sweet things either, but I always wanted to try French Dessert :) 

So I got the Chocolate gateau with pineapple and coconut candy. The texture of the chocolate is something that is not I expected. Its kinda like a gooey sticky pudding and unexpectedly I liked this dessert with the rapsberry ice cream. Not a fan of the pineapple slice though hehe.. The pineapple is really sticky!

Belgian Chocolate Gateau

The second dessert is the Chef-Churned hazelnut and Praline ice cream on Sable Breton and Grand marnier Caramel. Another yummy dessert! It was not overpower-ly sweet. The ice cream is creamy, soft, really pleasant with some crunchy hazelnut pieces inside. And a yummy French shortbread biscuit at the bottom with its soft and crumbly texture. Yes Sable Breton is French Biscuit if anyone wonders ;P I Have to google it to find out what it is hehe..

Chef-churned hazelnut and Praline ice cream

Overall dining experience? GREAT, Even my bf tipped them. He rarely give out tip ;P The service was quick. The staffs were attentive and friendly. The food was yummy too ^^

Will definitely be back.. Not bad Little Snail.. Not bad ^^

http://www.thelittlesnail.com.au/