EAT: My kids are crazy about crepes, but I never thought the thin pancakes would survive the drive for a night of eating in. But when Crepe Cuisine recently opened in South Miami, billing itself as eat-in or takeout, I decided to put the Parisian street food to the South Florida road test.

The place puts even Baskin-Robbins to shame at the numbers game, with 51 crepes on the menu. That doesn't include seven additional mini crepes for kids. The child-size crepes range from a simple ham and melted cheddar to one stuffed with macaroni and cheese. (Please don't tell the French.)

The crepes are cakey and heavier than my family usually prefers, but the thickness saved the pancakes from turning into a soggy mess on the 10-minute drive home in their Styrofoam containers.

The shrimp Creole, one of five seafood crepes, still had a sweet snap to the plump shrimp. The beef and cilantro crepe, with flame-broiled top sirloin, tomatoes, cilantro, caramelized onions, scallions, mozzarella and cilantro sauce, kept its flavors distinct. The crepes came with a respectable side salad of greens with julienne carrots and beets with a mustard vinaigrette.

Those were the hits. Among the misses: My mac-and-cheese lover passed up the kids' "cheesy roonie" for an equally bizarre adult-size Hawaiian, with mushrooms, pineapple, Monterey Jack cheese and shredded turkey that clumped together into an unattractive lump. The chicken Caesar crepe also suffered when the romaine lettuce was cooked with the mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses, turning it soggy. Further proof that too many choices aren't always a good thing.

The Miami Vice, one of 17 dessert crepes, redeemed, with bananas, strawberries, caramel, almonds, powdered sugar and whipped cream. Even the scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side made it home without melting.

DRINK: Miami Herald wine columnist Fred Tasker suggests: For the savory crepes, a nice cheap chardonnay; for the sweet ones, a marvelous dessert wine called Beaumes de Venise. Any good wine shop will have it.

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