Austin is full of contradictions. Take a short walk from the regal Capitol building over to Sixth Street and you’ll find yourself surrounded by live music and other festivities. A drive from one end of town to the other will take you from the hill country to a busy downtown skyline back out to prairie country. Cowboys, hippies, football fans and politicians all somehow reside together in this crazy town. With so much juxtaposition, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that there’s a shiny trailer just south of the river that serves crepes – light, feathery pastries typically associated with desserts – filled with savory ingredients like chicken, pesto, mushrooms and cheese.
The expert panel visited Flip Happy Crepes for the third stop on the Trailer Tour. I tried the chicken basil pesto crepe, which was absolutely delicious. Melted white cheddar cheese surrounded soft pieces of chicken, with just the right amount of pesto, spinach leaves, and tomato, all enfolded by a warm crepe. The cheese and pesto had a wonderful richness to them, while the veggies added a freshness and lightness to the dish. And the crepe. Oooooh the crepe. It was perfect. At once soft and crispy, with a good flavor of its own. Even though the pesto was the most flavorful thing about the dish, the crepe stole the show.
Flip Happy also serves sweet crepes with tantalizing ingredients like fresh strawberries and bananas, dark chocolate sauce, vanilla pastry crème and Nutella. The expert panel members sampled the cinnamon sugar crepe with toasted coconut and cream cheese frosting, which was deemed amazing by all. If this weren’t enough, the ambiance at Flip Happy Crepes compliments the food beautifully. Picnic tables shaded by tall pecans make for the perfect spot to sit and enjoy a crepe or two.
The expert panel, deeply impressed by the overall scrumptiousness of Flippy Happy Crepes, gave this eatery a score of 46 out of 50 – the highest score yet. All panel members were in agreement about the quality, with a variation of only 6 percent between the highest and lowest individual scores.
Next time you’re in the mood for something a little different, stop by this little trailer whose crepes defy the expected.
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