Brought my daughter to try the soufflé pancakes. Their grand opening was last week so hoped that some of the kinks were worked out. Sadly it wasn't. There was a line as expected, was quick to order and service was friendly. Props to the cashier for being upfront and saying that the food may take 45 min to an hour. Ok, so we ran some errands in the area and came back about an hour and 10 min after we ordered. Lines were even longer, and food wasn't ready yet, needed another 20 min or so. Whoa. After 1 hr and 30 min, we got the goods and had to check the boxes, we were missing syrup for one of them.
We hoped to eat there, but there were NO tables available. So, we went to chi cha San, like a 2 min drive away, ordered a bubble tea and sat to eat in peace.
The Jalapeño honey chicken with signature soufflé pancakes was a 4/5, crispy tender chicken and great pancakes. Could have incorporated the Jalepenos or honey into the dish more and would have been a 5/5.
The matcha tiramisu was a disaster. 2/5. The pancakes themselves are the original signature, with a dusting of matcha and cocoa on top - which made for very unexpected bitter bites. The matcha syrup and whipped cream was ok. This would have been much better if the matcha or cocoa were incorporated into the batter and maybe using a matcha or cocoa glaze drizzle instead of straight matcha and cocoa powder. We preferred to remove all the matcha and cocoa powder as best as possible and eat with the syrup. Would not try this one again.
It's a small cute shop, go on a weekday or call ahead, like an hour+ ahead to order and pick up. I probably won't try again for a few more weeks for them to work out the kinks further. read more