One of the many highlights of our recent weekend in Chicago was enjoying a sumptuous breakfast at LB's Bistro and Patisserie in the Sheraton Towers. Opened only two months ago, LB's is the first restaurant venture for acclaimed pastry chef Laurent Branlard, winner of the 2008 World Pastry Championship. Mr. Branlard personally trained all of LB's pastry chefs.
As soon as we spied the crepes at LB's, we thought of my brother-in-law, Michael, who has been making crepes almost daily since Christmas. He fills them with lemon and powdered sugar, bacon, eggs, peanut butter . . . just about anything in the pantry. We wanted to take a photo of these crepes to show Michael.
Pictured above is chef Bernardo. He was so much fun to talk with, and he graciously allowed me to film him making the most delicious berry crepes, stuffed with blackberries, raspberries, blueberries and strawberries. Teasingly, our waiter asked if we were going to post the little film on YouTube, and so we promised to do so. This short video is the result. I had to film from behind a glass partition, and the lighting wasn't great, and we had no sound, but you can get a sense of how much fun Bernardo was having sharing his wonderful technique with the admiring recipients of his mouthwatering artwork.
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