The brilliantly airy cocoons of choux pastry at this Japanese cream-puff chain (nestled in the Block 37 pedway) hide a copious amount of vanilla custard cream.
Showcased in a glass display, the rotating selection (including classics like red velvet and chocolate for the more conservative cupcake connoisseur) look like works of art, because they are.
There’s no opening wide for these things—these are cupcakes that are, for once, of manageable size. That may convince you that you can eat more than one, which you probably can.
For more than just a sugar high, the small downtown shop sells fresh fruit–studded muffins and cupcakes that run the gamut from classic (such as Texas Red Velvet) to unconventional.
The dense cake and achingly sweet frosting evoke nostalgia for kiddie birthday parties, but the cutesy lace curtains and not-too-sweet icebox cake are timeless.
They had us at hello, those dreamy, creamy cupcakes. This bakeshop may have cornered the market with simple little cakes slathered in a colorful array of buttercreams but there’s more to salivate.
