May 6 is Crepe Suzette Day. Crepe Suzette was invented by Henri Carpentier, head waiter at the Café de Paris in Monte-Carlo.
French dessert crepe Suzette consists of fresh crepes and sauce of butter, sugar, orange juice, zest and liquor like Grand Marnier or orange Curacao. The ingredients for the sauce are put on top of the crepes and then served flambé. The ignition of crepes makes the dramatic presentation (by the way, the dessert is made in front of the customers) and also results in evaporating of alcohol. The thick sweet sauce covers crepes, so you can enjoy your dessert.
Sometimes this story is disputed, because Henri Carpentier couldn't make the dish, as far as he was just a 14-year old waiter assistant, but not maître d'hôtel. And assistant couldn't serve the prince instead of the head waiter, because he would have been too young.
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