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A taste of Childhood: Crayons and mini treats - Crêperie Le St Glinglin - Lannion

I recently rediscovered how much I love drawing with crayons. You might be wondering how are crayons related to cake. Well, while I was waiting for my Chocolat Gourmand (more on that later), the owner of Crêperie Le St Glinglin slammed a pot of crayons down on the paper tablecloth. He said very seriously "No joke!" and waited for me to start drawing.

I must say that I have absolutely no idea why he insisted that I do some colouring as none of the other customers were given crayons. However,  I gladly picked up my first crayon in years and started drawing. I found that it was very relaxing and wondered why people stop stop using crayons past the age of six.


When my Chocolat Gourmand arrived it was magnificent. My hot chocolate was placed on a chopping board accompanied by lots of mini desserts:




  • Crème brûlée ice cream
  • A salted caramel and apple muffin
  • A brownie
  • Melted Chocolate and banana
  • A Canelé (a mini sponge from Bordeaux)

This marvellous feast coupled with the pleasure of drawing made my visit a thoroughly enjoyable and slightly nostalgic experience. 




If you want to find out more about Chocolat Gourmand read our other post here. 

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