I'll never forget French crepes.

A month or two ago, I spotted a new restaurant called Boba Crepes. After my summer 2006 visit to France, I'm more fond of crepes than ever. Seeing that sign, I had a rush of memories about the tasty street food--and restaurant fare--I had in Paris and the Pyrenees.

I finally got to visit the restaurant on Monday and I'm a bit disappointed. It's actually more Asian-influenced than Gallic in its flavors. My hopes for revisiting those marvelous egg, cheese, ham, and butter crepes (somebody told me that's called a "crèpe complète") were instantly dashed. all the crepes there are offered with mayonnaise, cucumber, and a couple of other suspiciously non-French-sounding additions. I stuck with the simple option and got a ham and cheese crepe. It was fine, although the crepe tasted suspiciously like it was bought pre-made from an industrial purveyor (fresh-frozen and individually packaged for convenience, I'm sure!).

Now the other thing that lets you know that this is more of an Asian restaurant is that the bubble tea selections are more extensive than the crepe choices. I can't say I've been spending a lot of time looking forward to having drinks with tapioca balls in them, but this was my chance to try a bubble tea--except I went for a strawberry bubble slushy (why do they call them "bobas"?). The tapioca balls are a very dark grayish-brown and look kinda scary in a friendly pink slushy. They taste slightly burnt and I really don't get the appeal.

I probably won't visit there again, particularly considering it cost about $9. Thankfully, there's a good burger place and a Mongolian BBQ in the same strip mall!

CDs listened to today:

• Bill Frisell Quartet: (eponymous)
• Alexander Scriabin: The Symphonies, disk 1
• The Time: Pandemonium
• William Schuman: Symphony No. 10 (Gerard Schwarz conducting)
• Ralph Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No. 5
• Kenny Wheeler: Music For Large & Small Ensembles
• Various Artists: Northern Exposure: Sasha & John Digweed, disk 1