Crumpets Restaurant & Bakery http://crumpetsa.com/blog Casual & Elegant Style European Dining in San Antonio, Texas Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:25:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Recipe: Shrimp Montrachet 10/01/09 | WOAI.com http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=73 http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=73#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:07:12 +0000 admin http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=73 Recipe: Shrimp Montrachet from Crumpets Restaurant & Bakery | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News

Recipe: Shrimp Montrachet from
Crumpets Restaurant & Bakery

 

 Reported by: Shelly Miles
Email: ShellyMiles@woaitv.com
Last Update: 10/01/2009

Ingredients:

  • Cooked cappellini for 4, set aside
  • 1 lb. large shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 2 oz. unsalted butter
  • 1 cup cream
  • ½ cup dry white wine- you want some quality here, this imparts flavor
  • 1 tbspn. finely minced fresh garlic
  • 2 tbspn. white roux
  • ½ cup all purpose flour
  • Lemon juice
  • Salt & Pepper

In shallow pan, add salt and pepper to flour then dredge shrimp. In sauce pan sautee shrimp in butter – don’t over cook- remove and set aside. In same sauce pan add cream, wine, garlic, and lemon juice and heat to simmer, add roux and stir until slightly thickened. Replace shrimp in sauce and heat for one minute. Place cappellini on serving plate, pour sauce over pasta, placing shrimp on top, serve.
]]> http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=73 0 Talapia with Fresh Mushroom Sauce (07/24/02) | WOAI.com http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=71 http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=71#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:06:10 +0000 admin http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=71 As seen on: 4 San Antonio Living (07/24/02)
Crumpets Restaurant & Bakery

Talapia with Fresh Mushroom Sauce

Ingredients:

  • 2 – 8 oz. filets of fresh talapia
  • 2 T. flour
  • Dash of salt and pepper
  • Juice of one lemon
  • 1 T. clarified butter or olive oil
  • 1-1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
  • 1 T. chopped shallots
  • 1/4 cup chopped green onions
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • Dash of thyme
  • T. of roux
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth or 1 t. chicken base

Directions for Sauce: In a medium size sauté pan, heat olive oil or butter. Sauté shallots, green onions and mushrooms. Add juice of one lemon. Add 1/2 cup wine and chicken broth or base. Bring to a slow boil. Add roux to thicken. Set aside.

Directions for Talapia: Mix flour, salt and pepper, and dredge fish. Place fish in the same saucepan, preheated, with heated butter or oil. Sauté one side until golden, then the other. Cook until done, depending on thickness, about 5-7 minutes.

]]> http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=71 0 1/2 Price Deal: Crumpets Restaurant (9/20/09)| WOAI.COM http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=67 http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=67#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:56:07 +0000 admin http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=67 1/2 Price Deal: Crumpets Restaurant & Bakery | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News

1/2 Price Deal:

Crumpets Restaurant & Bakery

  Reported by: Shelly Miles
Email: ShellyMiles@woaitv.com
Last Update: 9/30/2009

Get a $50 gift certificate for just $25! Certificate Redemption: One gift certificate per visit. Cannot be used with other coupons or discounts. No change given on unused portion. For dining in only (no take-out or bakery). Cannot be used on holidays or on the eve of a holiday. Sales tax and gratuity not included.

Click here to purchase…

In this naturally relaxing atmosphere you’ll enjoy our fresh seafood, pasta, beef, and chicken for lunch or dinner every day.

As one of the premier San Antonio Restaurants, we strive to make your dining experience enjoyable and delicious. Chef Francois Maeder has brought his European cooking skills to San Antonio so that you can enjoy the taste, without the travel. Surrounded by live oak trees, decorative ponds, and running waterfalls, the five-course Sunday brunch can only be enhanced in this charming setting.

Of course, Crumpets is available to cater breakfast, lunch, or dinner in your home or office as well as special receptions in the restaurant or on the scenic outside patio. Not many of the San Antonio Restaurants will offer this service the way we do.

Among our many accolades, Crumpets Restaurant and Bakery has been voted one of Esquires’ 100 best restaurants, not limited only to San Antonio Restaurants.

Celebrate weddings, birthdays or anniversaries – You don’t need to reserve the whole restaurant just to get top quality service and food from our staff. Free, live entertainment most weekend evenings and Sunday Brunch.

Click here to purchase…

Normal Serving Hours
Monday – Friday Lunch 11:00am – 2:30pm
Saturday Lunch 11:00am – 3:00pm
Monday – Thursday Dinner 5:30pm – 10:00pm
Friday – Saturday Dinner 5:30pm – 11:00pm
Sunday Brunch 11:00am – 3:00pm
Sunday Dinner 5:00pm – 9:00pm

Crumpet’s Restaurant & Bakery
www.crumpetsa.com

3920 Harry Wurzbach Rd
San Antonio, TX 78209
(210) 821-5454
]]> http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=67 0 Sunny Fettucine | WOAI.COM http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=63 http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=63#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:51:30 +0000 admin http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=63 Sunny Fettucine (04/12/02) | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News
Last Update: 9/20/2002 9:51 pm

As seen on:
4 San Antonio Living (04/12/02)

Crumpets
3920 Harry Wurzbach
821-5454
www.crumpetsa.com

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup sundried tomatoes, soaked for 15 minutes in water, drained and sliced
  • 1/2 cup pine nuts
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 cup freshly ground Parmesan cheese
  • 1 clove finely chopped garlic (more if preferred)
  • salt and coarsely ground black pepper to taste

Directions: Minutes before pasta is done, saute pine nuts, sundried tomatoes, and garlic in olive oil over medium heat; add salt and pepper. Drain pasta, toss with olive oil mixture, sprinkle with Parmesan and serve immediately.

Serves four.
]]> http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=63 0 Crumpet’s Raspberry Creme Brulee (06/13/08)| WOAI.COM http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=59 http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=59#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:47:12 +0000 admin http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=59 SA Living 06-2008 VideoCrumpet’s Raspberry Creme Brulee | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News
Last Update: 6/13/2008

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Ingredients

  • 1 pint Heavy Whipping Cream
  • 6 egg yolk
  • 1 c sugar
  • 1/4 c of brown sugar1 basket of fresh raspberries

- Pour whipping cream into medium sauce pan. - Slowly bring heavy whipping cream to boil.
- In a bowl, whip sugar and egg yolk.
- Once whipping cream is boiling, pour cream into bowl with sugar and egg. Mix until smooth.
- Pour mixture into a ramekin dish. (optional: place raspberries in ramekin with cream mix)
- Set in oven at 350 degrees in bain-marie (pan half full of water).
- Bake approximately 40 minutes, or until set.
- Cool in refrigerator for a few hours
- On each ramekin dish, spread thin layer of brown sugar on top
- Put under broiler and melt sugar (or use torch if have one).
- Serve with raspberries on top.

 

Crumpets
3920 Harry Wurzbach
(210) 821-5624

]]> http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=59 0 Thanksgiving Menu 2009 Posted http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=52 http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=52#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:59:48 +0000 admin http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=52 turkeysYes, we know, Thanksgiving isn’t for another couple of months.  Just be glad we aren’t doing like the department stores and breaking out the Christmas Holiday decorations already.  It’s perhaps a bit early for most of us to start planning our Thanksgiving Dinner already, but it’s never too early to think about eating at Crumpets Restaurant and Bakery in San Antonio, Texas.    We’ve kept the prices on this special menu the same, amazingly enough we were able to maintain the quality and quantity without raising our prices for this special holiday.  Guess the recent drops in fuel costs has started helping costs in other areas.

Visit our website to see our special menu for Thanksgiving Day. We serve from 11am-4pm only, closed for dinner hours so that our employees may spend the rest of the day with their families.

]]> http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=52 0 Beringer Vineyards Wine Dinner Sept 25th http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=49 http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=49#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:52:16 +0000 admin http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=49 Beringer VineyardsWe’ve now posted the menu online for our next Vine Dinner. This special event will feature Beringer Vineyards of Napa Valley California. RSVP required, $65 per person plus tax and gratuity.

Visit Our website  for our Special Menu

]]> http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=49 0 Recent Customer Comments http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=42 http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=42#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:41:11 +0000 admin http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=42 Crumpets_comments_overallCrumpets Restaurant and Bakery of San Antonio, Texas, is listed on the Rewards Network, where diners can rate their dining experience to help other potential diners, especially when traveling to strange cities.  

We grabbed screen shots from our merchant report screen to share our ratings with you.


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]]> http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=42 0 Find Crumpets On Facebook or Twitter! http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=39 http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=39#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:01:59 +0000 admin http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=39 We’re now on Face book  in addition to Twitter.  Just search for us as “Crumpetsa” on either system to find us.   Facebook may also show up under our owner’s name “Francois Maeder” so just look for the photo of the guy enjoying his food too much!

If you want to find out our specials, subscribe to these sources to find out!  Sometimes Francois goes wild and offers discounts or free food, an offer only good for that day and only advertised via Twitter or Facebook.

Direct links:

]]> http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=39 0 What Customers Say About Crumpets http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=35 http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=35#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:56:45 +0000 admin http://crumpetsa.com/blog/?p=35 One of the good (and bad) things about the Internet, is the ability to express your opinion about restaurants, what you liked, or didn’t like about them.  Fortunately for us, most of our patrons like what we do, and we strive very, very hard to make everyone want to return for another visit.

Here are some recent postings on the web about Crumpets Restaurant and Bakery…

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