"Feb 2022We came here several times before this review. All the food tasted great, with some things they could work on. The prices are pretty average for a boutique bakery (more expensive than a supermarket) and definitely worth it. This place is pretty small but obviously very popular. The staff are friendly and bag your purchases for you (even if you bring your own bag). All the staff wear masks and there are no dividers or occupancy restrictions. They provide hand sanitizer at the door.Most of the buns and pastries are on the shelves around the store. They are periodically restocked by the staff throughout the day, but certain favorites still go fast. If you don't see something you want on the shelves, just ask a staff member if it's available. On the shelves to the right are the breads, croissants, and cookies. They have a fridge in the front left corner with the cheesecake slices, the sliced and whole chiffon rolls, drinks, and some pastries. Behind the counter are the puff pastries, cakes/tarts, and whole cheesecakes.I admit we first came here for the cream puffs and the matcha stuff. The cream puffs were bigger than expected but the inside filling was pretty watery/not thick enough. Either they didn't whip it enough or the storage space wasn't cold enough and the cream reverted back to liquid form. They all tasted very good though. For the matcha, the one with the most matcha flavor was the cream puff. The matcha cheesecake, chiffon cake, and normal fruit cake had very little matcha flavor. Kinda disappointing though they were very good otherwise.All the buns and cakes were fluffy and light. Though the matcha cheesecake was too dense (maybe matcha powder is too heavy The regular cheesecake was awesome. The pastries with fillings had generous amounts of fillings and were pretty good. The taro and red bean paste fillings were very delicious. The donuts were not too sweet with a chewy donut texture. Note when you get a whole cheesecake, the cheesecake is wrapped in this thin cloth that keeps it moist (very important for a Japanese style cheesecake For the normal (birthday) cakes, note they are all fruit cakes. So they have fruit both on top and inside the cake. They also use whipped cream frosting instead of icing, making the cakes lighter and less sweet than typical American cakes. We got a 6 matcha cake. And while the cake itself was light and fluffy, it was more fruit and whipped cream than cake. And the matcha flavor was practically nonexistent. It was still good cake, but disappointing. Note the box the cakes come in are very sturdy and I think they use one size box for all the cake sizes.Overall, will definitely come back for some pastries, cheesecakes, and chiffon rolls."
