Papa d’Amour

Been a few times and everything I've tried is great. Not too sweet, and super unique! The matcha Souffle, mochi donut, salt bread bagel and jam jars are my top picks on the menu. The matcha Souffle was fun and instagramable, but it wasn't worth coming back for. I would return for more mochi donuts and salt bread bagels. Though they display the bagel is only available until 11am, sometimes they do offer it afterwards, so be sure to ask at the register. The butter is perfect and reminds me of the popular butters I've enjoyed in Paris- anything Dominique creates is the best! If I had to choose between the Ube Jar or the Mango Coconut, I'd choose the mango. My only complaint is that they don’t travel the best. Travel with the jam jars carefully!

Papa d'Amour blew my expectations away! I originally saved this place for the ice cream, but after checking online, I realized everything looked good. When I arrived, it was actually a tough decision to pick what to order because everything looked so interesting. We ordered the yaki mochi hot chocolate (the current special), lace batter donut, sesame pot, crispy shrimp sandwich, and the Vietnamese hot latte. They were also kind enough to give us a Pretzel Salt Egg Tart to taste. Aside from the Vietnamese hot latte, which was the only thing we didn't love, everything else was absolutely amazing. The standout was definitely the sesame pot - it is like an edible jar with pudding inside. It is a must-have! If you don't know what to order, just get this; it will be the most interesting thing you'll ever have. Kudos to the chef and the team because everything was just so damn good. The service was excellent too - I loved it and will definitely be back! Food and Drink The menu is incredibly creative and everything we tried was fantastic. The sesame pot is the absolute star - an edible jar with pudding that is a unique and delicious experience. The yaki mochi hot chocolate, lace batter donut, and crispy shrimp sandwich were all excellent as well. The only miss for us was the Vietnamese hot latte, which wasn't quite for us. Don't miss the Pretzel Salt Egg Tart if it is available!

Cute cafe vibes. Some stuff was REALLY good, other things were just okay. - Kurobuta hot dog spiral: 10/10, so flavorful, and the sticky rice worked well. Very flakey and great croissant texture - Taro & mochi lace batter donut: 7/10, kinda mid, but I liked the mochi texture and exterior lace batter. Wasn’t a huge fan of the jam inside, tasted kinda artificial - Pretzel salt egg tart: 3/10, they gave us free egg tart samples (so sweet of them), but I can tell why they were giving them away lol. Pretty mid, didn’t like the crust - Salt bread bagel w/ cream cheese: 7/10, pretty good salt bagel, and the cream cheese is yummy

LOVE this French Asian fusion bakery. Ordered so much and everything was unique and interesting. I would say savory highlight was the sausage pastry and sweet for me was the sesame cup. Very delicious, interesting flavor combos and satisfying textures - you can tell the creation of all of the pastries is well thought out!

Came here after seeing all the social media hype. Left feeling slightly disappointed and wanting for more. I tried the salt bread bagel, yakimochi hot chocolate, red bean pear chausson, taro mochi donut, and fried chicken sando. The donut has a nice guava jam filling with crunchy outside. It reminded me of the fried taro dimsum dish, which I’m sure they were going for. I feel it would have been better warm but was still good cold. The hot chocolate was nice and could taste real chocolate in it. It was a bit steep for $10.5 for a L size. The rest of the pastries were slightly disappointing. I could see what they were going for in the pear red bean combo but personally wasn’t impressed. The salt bread bagel was exactly what it tried to be, but was unimpressive nonetheless. The sando has a good piece of Taiwanese style fried chicken in it but could’ve used more sauce and the fillings didn’t make much sense to me. The leaves of lettuce threw the sandwich off imo. For nearly $55 for 5 items before tip I would have expected to be more blown away, especially from a bakery touting Dominique Ansel’s brand name. Unfortunately it appears once you get past the visual appeal and social media hype the flavors of these pastries fall flat.