PÄRLA PARLA — Restaurant in Tokyo

This crepe shop is definitely off the beaten track, requiring about a 15-minute walk from either Omotesando or Harajuku station. It's truly a hole-in-the-wall with no seating, just a lone table for customers.

Prices start around JPY 1000. Be aware that some names can be misleading; for example, "Chantilly" is simply meringue and cream.

I ordered the orangette and spice crepe for JPY 1180. The crepe itself wasn't freshly made and was room temperature when I received it, even though staff were preparing more crepes at the time despite no other customers. The orangette crepe came with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream in the center, baking spices (with flavors of chai and nutmeg), and several dollops of lightly sweet marmalade. The combination was well-made and came together quite nicely.

While it's slightly overpriced, it feels like a fair bargain overall. Given the secluded location, I doubt I'll return, but if you're looking for a premium crepe off the beaten path, it's...

Parla has been my favorite crepe place for a few years now. It is a small, hole in a wall crepe shop in the Aoyama area of Tokyo that was opened by a former pastry chef at Les Creations de Narisawa (two star Michelin and number 9 on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2020).

Parla has creative crepes using high quality ingredients. My personal favorite has always been the crepe with pistachio, mascarpone, cherries, vanilla, and honey, but all of their other crepes are really good as well. They even have crepes with interesting ingredients such as blue cheese and fig, which sound weird, but work surprisingly well together. They also have the option to add whisky and rum shots on the side.

Because this is a high-end crepe shop, it may not be a place that you would go often since each crepe costs as much as a meal (anywhere from about 900 yen to 1600 yen), but it's definitely worth going whenever you're in the area and/or have a craving for...

Cute hole in the wall crepe shop with yummy but overpriced crepes.

When I arrived to this place, there was no line. There is no seating area as well so you only order your food and then leave or stand to finish eating. I wasn't sure what was good here so I asked for his recommendations and he recommended me the Royal Milk Tea crepe. It didn't take too long to receive my order as I was only the person there. Overall, I really enjoyed the crepe. The cream inside definitely tasted like milk tea, but personally, there was too much cream ratio for me to handle all the taste and flavor. I wouldn't come back again however, because it was definitely pricey. My order was around ~ ¥900, on the lower end of the menu. The other crepes were definitely priced from ¥1,000 to ¥1,500. I recommend coming to try for the one time but you won't be missing anything if you decided...