Breizh Café Rennes

Why change a formula that works? Bertrand Larcher, the man who introduced the Breton crêpe to Japan, has set up shop in Rennes, a stone's throw from the city's Marché des Lices. The setting is a modern, industrial-style space with an open kitchen. The ingredients for success are still the same: high-quality produce that is predominantly organic (stone-ground wheat grown in Brittany, buckwheat flour milled in Vitré, organic eggs, artisanal Basque charcuterie from Pierre Oteiza). Alongside the classic galettes (buckwheat pancakes), there are more original iterations, some with a Japanese twist, such as the kinako crêpe with Okinawa black sugar and matcha ice cream. There is a short menu of nibbles and oysters.