. "Don't judge by appearances when you first enter. You won't be blown away by the decor. This is a great place. It's not as great as the places found in San Francisco and LA, but it's passable. I want to give it four stars, but I'm a bit torn, if I could, I'd give it 3.5. \n\nWhat this place does really well is cakes and pastries. The cakes are light, fluffy and moist. Like Asian pastries should be, it's not overly sweet and oil. The flavor, taste and texture are right on. The bakers here also don't skimp on using good ingredients in the right proportions. The matcha mouse tastes like matcha and the frosting on the cake tastes like whipped cream beaten from heavy cream.\n\nWhat this place doesn't do well is baked goods. Their breads aren't great. It's kind of small and too airy and it just isn't very satisfying or impressive. I've tried multiple times and I'm just not a fan. If they just sold cakes and pastries I'd give the place four or maybe even five stars, but the breads are really lacking and detract from the overall quality of the establishment and experience.\n\nAs I'm writing this, I realized that 3 stars is just cruel to a place like this, but I keep my ratings pretty strict, four stars is four stars and 3-3.999 is 3.\n\nAlso, this place is a bit pricey if you're use to Safeway prices, but the taste is definitely better than Fry's or Costco.\n\np.s. The cookies aren't great either."^^ . "0"^^ . "0"^^ . . "2013-12-17T00:00:00"^^ . . "3"^^ . "1"^^ .