One of a number of food stalls at Federation Square during Viva Victoria.
Crêpe Suzette is a traditional French dessert. A mouth-watering crêpe with a hot sauce of orange juice, caramelized sugar, lightly grated orange peel and Grand Marnier. It is said that Henri Charpentier who at the time was an assistant waiter at the Maitre at Monte Carlo's Café de Paris, made an error of judgement whilst preparing a dessert for the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) and his companion whose first name was Suzette.
The cordials caught fire, and poor Henri thought it was ruined. After tasting it he realised the flames gave it just that extra something which melded the flavours together in a unique way. He was initially going to call it "Crêpe Princesse", but the Prince of Wales asked "Will you change Crêpe Princesse to Crêpe Suzette?"
Thus this now famous dessert came into the history books. Although this is disputed in Larousse Gastronomique as to being doubtful that Charpentier who was then fourteen, would have been serving His Royal Highness instead of the head waiter.
But, whatever the truth to its origins, there is no getting away from the fact that Crêpe Suzette is one of the truly delectable, mouth-watering, gastronomical delights - guaranteed to add two inches to the hips just by looking at it! And the people at Crepes and Shakes make a very good Crêpe Suzette indeed.
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