Dessert lovers, gather round! Sweets Raku is a cute, little dessert bar located in Chinatown. It's a bit of a drive off the Las Vegas Strip but well worth it for checking out their selection of unique, creative sweets. If you have a sweet tooth that's in need of a good scratch, this is the place to go! Make sure to go early as the space is tiny and could incur a good wait if you come later in the day. Also try to sit at the counter so you can see the pastry chefs in the process of putting together all of the desserts!
Their menu often rotates and you can choose between their 2-course dessert set or ordering their individual desserts al a carte. Their 2-course dessert set gives you an amuse bouche plus a dessert of your choice. On the menu at this time was a raspberry sorbet but my boyfriend and I decided to just split the Mt. Fuji since we had just eaten lunch not too long ago. The Mt. Fuji is a chestnut cream cake, similar to that of the ever so popular Mont Blanc cake you'd find in Japan. The cake itself was incredibly light and spongy, stuffed with sweetened chestnuts, draped with a mildly sweet whipped cream and finally covered with a unique thick drizzle of fresh chestnut cream. The result was a gorgeous dessert that didn't look too far off from that of a snow-capped mountain.
We also ordered a couple pots of their special green tea to enjoy with our cake. The peach green tea and the Tsugaru apple Green were both delicious, refreshing and worth trying out.