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| - I stumbled upon this place after dinner and remembered seeing a video on Facebook about it so I decided to give it a try. It was a Tuesday evening around 7:30pm and it was quite empty when we got there.
The menu on the screen was confusing - all it had were pictures labeled "hot almond dessert no. 1-5" and "signature hot almond dessert", but there was no description of what was in them and the differences between the different numbers, so we had to kind of guess by looking at the pictures. We ended up ordering #5, still not really knowing what was in the dessert. The screen said they were all on special for $6 instead of $8.70, but when we ordered it, the total charge was for the regular price, and we had to ask them about the special before they charged us the cheaper price.
They gave us a buzzer and told us to sit upstairs. The seating area was surprisingly large and spacious. The downstairs area seems pretty small, so you wouldn't expect the upstairs seating area to be as nice as it was. It was well-lit and clean, and had cute walk decorations. There's also an individual restroom upstairs for guests to use. The upstairs area was quite empty around 7:30pm, but it got busier as it approached 8:30/9.
The servers brought our dessert to a counter upstairs and our buzzer went off for us to go pick it up. It was nice that we didn't have to walk back downstairs to get our food. Our hot almond dessert didn't look anything like the photo on the menu as none of the toppings were showing, but when we stirred it, we were able to see the abundance of toppings. Overall, it tasted pretty good! It had red bean, mochi, tapioca, and sweet potato and taro balls. The sweet potato and taro balls could've been more flavourful - they basically tasted like mochi, but everything else was good.
In summary, I'd say the experience here was decent. The menu was quite confusing and they almost overcharged us, but the place itself is pretty nice and the dessert was tasty. Service: 3 stars, Environment: 4 stars, Food: 3.5 stars.
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