Food 3.5*
Service + story behind the restaurant 4*
Read great reviews so went to give it a try. Food was ok but I gave an overall score of 4 because of the conversation and service I got from the owner. Owned by married couple...Caucasian male runs the front and Filipino wife cooks the food.
I took the strawberry mochi mochi pancakes which were decent but now wow. It had a grainy texture to it compared to the regular pancakes...from the mochi flour used. There was slightly too much syrup on my pancakes so too sweet for me to finish them all.
My sister took an avocado sandwich which was also ok...but kind of hard to screw up as well.
Had a chat with the husband and he told me that his wife lived in Japan for many years hence the Japanese influenced dishes.
Told the husband that I found them in Yelp so he insisted that we try a piece of their cheesecake. It tasted similar to uncle tetsu's.
He also suggested that I pack my remaining pancakes as those with not get mushy even if they have been covered in syrup for a long time...attentive service.
You can really tell that this is a neighbourhood restaurant as there are high chairs available and changing beds in the lady's room.
Overall decent place and nice to encourage neighbourhood restaurants.