Went on a Tuesday afternoon and it was quite empty with only 2-3 tables. I ordered to-go via their kiosk and got my order in less than ten minutes. I like using a kiosk so I didn't have to interact with the staff and could take my time browsing at options. The printed menu isn't as detailed about what each item entails.
I ordered: soymilk pudding dessert, double layer milk custard with red bean, and black sesame paste.
I was originally interested in the soymilk pudding dessert and the rice mochi w/ osmanthus jelly bowl but struggled figuring out their differences since the photos are blurry. When I looked through the kiosk the biggest difference is that the former has soymilk pudding, coconut milk, lotus seeds, and peach gum vs the latter has grass jelly. The rest of the components are basically the same. I think it's better to forego the grass jelly in order to get all the other more special ingredients.
I'm glad I got the soymilk pudding dessert because it's my favorite of the three and what seals the deal for making me want to have it again. It contains: coconut milk, soymilk pudding, peach gum, lotus seeds, taro balls, mochi balls, osmanthus syrup, and osmanthus jelly.
Overall, I like the combination of more unique ingredients and how everything was gently sweet and refreshing. They gave a big pouch of coconut milk. I only ended up adding half and was able to cover all the ingredients in the bowl. Although the star of the show is supposed to be the soymilk pudding, it was one of my least favorite components. I didn't like how raw the soymilk tasted, a bit gamey and green. Lotus seeds had slight bitterness to it too which could be avoided during the prep process. My favorite part is probably the osmanthus jelly and peach gum because of their texture and lightness on my palate.
Improvements to this dish would be to have higher quality ingredients for each component which would help with a cleaner and more delicate taste.
Double layer milk custard was alright. The custard part had faint almond extract flavor which makes me suspect whether they added flavoring or used almond tofu powder. At least it wasn't too sweet. The red bean topping was overly sweet, suspecting they used premade canned ones. I don't like how they used rectangular containers.
Black sesame paste was too goopy for me. Even though it tasted strongly of black sesame, the flavor was quite one dimensional and not fragrant. They supposedly added peanut to it, but I don't taste it either. There were mochi balls added as toppings which I didn't expect. It was not additive. read more