Bon Crepe is a little stand located within Konbiniya Japan Center on Robson Street.
The Japanese green tea parfait is worth cheating on your diet for. Their green tea ice cream is definitely the bomb.
We will definitely come back to try out their crepes!
Cute little store. They offer a variety of crepes and I found them to be quite tasty. They we're soft and tender and had a sufficient amount of filling. Overall it was quite the treat and I found myself craving more!
Foodies in Vancouver certainly love matcha and Bon Crepe on Robson is a place where you can go for your green tea fix. Located within Konbiniya, a Japanese convenience store, Bon Crepe has been around since 2005 and is a food stall serving matcha desserts. There is a walk-up window facing Robson where you can place your order. You can also go into Konbiniya and order from inside where there are even a few dining tables.
Eventually, I arrived at Konbinya, a well-loved Japanese convenience store in which Bon Crepe was located. The Japanese crepe spot was especially intriguing in that menus were pasted on both sides of the shop, enabling passerbys to place orders at the outside window and コンビニ shoppers to dine at one of the three tables placed inside upon receiving their order.
Green tea soft serve and Matcha Azuki parfaits seemed to be the top-sellers, which really came as no surprise considering the massive amount of visual appeal of both desserts. At that moment, however, I required a savoury option to serve as a late lunch.
Their sole savoury option on their list of recommendations was the Teriyaki Chicken Mayo Crepe. I had nothing to lose, so I placed my order and headed inside to explore the quarters of the store while the couple prepared my Japanese crepe. Apparently, Konbinya has a special section dedicated to matcha-flavoured snacks!
Now that I’m down to my last month in Vancouver, I’m trying to scope out all the eateries that I haven’t tried yet. I’ve always walked past the Konbinaya Japan Center for the longest time and have never stepped a foot inside. Located right on Robson Street, this store has a wide range of premade bento boxes, sushi, Japanese candies, groceries – and all the varieties of Glico / Pocky products you can imagine! However, the window stall of Bon Crepe is where its at. Bon Crepe is located inside Konbinaya, and makes a huge variety of treats: sweet and savoury crepes, sundaes, and basic soft serve amongst other things. There’s always a lineup of people waiting to get their desserts, its clear that the $7 parfaits are one of the most popular choices. I always felt that it was a tourist trap, but a group of my girlfriends wanted to try it out since they’ve heard such good things about it so we gave it a go last week. What the hell was I waiting for all these years?!
The parfaits are a favourite treat at Bon Crepe on Robson Street. I recently had one with matcha softserve on top of layers of homemade creme caramel (wicked!), sponge cake, corn flakes, tapioca pearls, and spruced up with whipped cream, strawberries and vanilla wafer…. Yum! Heaven in a cup. The shop itself can be easily missed as it is part of a japanese tuck shop/market. They have a take out window where you can order not just soft serve and parfaits, but also crepes. However, my hands-down favourite is still their matcha soft serve, on its own, or in a parfait! It has a strong matcha flavour (you can taste the bitterness from the matcha ), not overly sweet, and rich. Quality matcha ice cream!
You must try the Matcha soft serve here! It's absolutely delicious. You can really taste the Matcha flavor and it's not overly sweet or masked by any other flavors. Their parfaits here are the best in the city (in my opinion), they only offer two kinds: Vanilla & pudding parfait and the Matcha and red bean parfait. The crepes here are pretty good as well!!
Ordered the matcha parfait after reading the reviews and seeing the pictures (thank-you to all the reviewers!); it did not disappoint! Although a bit pricey for not being a "fancy" sit down dessert place, my husband and I highly enjoyed every bit of the parfait. It would be great if there were chairs and tables outside in the summer to enjoy this treat! The matcha soft serve was delicious, with a nice matcha taste without being too overpowering or too sweet. The cornflakes at the bottom worked well with the dessert, even though it seemed a strange addition at first. We are definitely making this a must stop for our future Vancouver trips!
I came here for desserts. Looking at their menu, they have a wide variety of crepes and other green tea desserts.
Lots of people especially students visit this shop or crepe place. I ordered a pudding whip topping crepe. The crepe was warm and soft and smelt so good!! The egg pudding tasted excellent as well. It went so well with whip cream. The whole crepe did not taste too sweet. It was about right. Even I had finished the pudding whip topping crepe, I wanted to eat and order more!
There are only four seats inside the shop. This shop is a small Japanese supermarket as well, so there is limited space for an eating area. However, I would highly recommend to try any of the food on their menu!!!! There must be something that you like.
Dempsey Charles Watson
+4.5
Really yummy Japanese-style crepes. Reminded me of Japan!
Love the "mochi mochi" texture of the dough - soft and chewy and a great counterpoint to everything stuffed inside. I've always gotten a sweet crepe, but they do savoury ones, as well!
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