How many pancakes do you want for brunch?

Already feeling a little weighed down by the hearty, heavy Czech fare, we decided for brunch we'd go much lighter, to the land of crepes.

We were off to Cukrkavalimonada. Literally translated as Sugar Coffee Lemonade, it is actually roughly equivalent to Eeeny Meeny Miney Mo for Czech children.

Before we got to the food, however, we had to have our drinks. The place was well known for a refreshing elderflower beverage that had elderflower syrup, soda water, and mint. It lived up to its billing and was an incredible relief from the already present heat.

With the spritzer I needed some caffeine and headed for the hazelnut latte. Garnished with actual fresh crushed hazelnuts, this was a rustic and delicious way to make flavored coffee. After the pistachio version in Turkey and now this, I am ready to wholeheartedly recommend nuts with coffee to all comers.

Of our selection of crepes, the sweet came first. This was a forest berry crepe, with blueberries, strawberries, and little red berries all making an appearance. It was pretty good, completely satisfactory but a little too sweet and a little too disparate.

The other sweet one was a fresh strawberry crepe. This was very simple and pretty good too, though the imperfection of the strawberries, which were not yet fully ripe, let down the dish.

Moving to savory, there was a brie, walnut, tomato, and rocket crepe. The brie on this plate had reached an excellent stage of meltiness and was the highlight of each bite. The other elements didn't quite blend flavors; the walnuts were too hard, the tomatoes not ripe enough.

Finally, we had an Old Prague crepe, which had egg and bacon. The presentation was interesting, essentially an unscrambled omelette on top of a crepe. The bacon and egg combo worked well, as it has for centuries.

A good but not great brunch, with a refreshingly light approach to meals.