Was absolutely looking forward to come to Hanabusa cafe. First time I had souffle pancake was in Japan last year and it blew me away. It was a life changing experience. How can no one tell me about it for so long. So I was craving and dying for to taste it again. Than I found out they coming to the 6ix quickly, like when 5-6 poke bowls took over. I know 3 places serve souffle pancakes here now and there could be more. But my goal is to try them all.
Hanabusa was quite busy when we got there, line ups were to the sidewalk. I guess our wait was around 20 mins so wasn't too bad. I ordered the matcha and chocolate as well. The pancake itself wasn't as fluffy as the one in Japan. One taste and I was highly disappointed. Texture was off and wasn't sweet enough. Didn't taste that good to be honest maybe that is why they gave us matcha and chocolate sauce. Overall it was a disappointment to me since I had the real deal in Japan. My friend that never had it before liked more so. The staff their is very friendly have a very Japanese feel to it and even bow to me when I thanked them.