1505 Robson Street, Vancouver (West End)
A popular Malaysian cafe franchise, PappaRoti opened its first North American store right here in Vancouver in the West End. Known for their famous coffee bun, this cute and spacious cafe is the perfect place for a sweet treat, whether with friends, with a date, or while studying on your own. I came here with Mateo and we both decided to go for their coffee buns, which are all $6.50 with the exception of "The Works" which is $8.50. I had the Maple Eh? bun with a Chai Latte and Mateo had the Strawberry Fields. Served on really cute wooden boards, the buns are technically perfect in every way, and they are remarkable: the light coffee fragance when you cut your fork through the soft pillowy texture and the presentation is really great. The Maple Eh? is the coffee bun topped with two scoops of vanilla ice cream and drizzled with chocolate sauce and maple syrup. I thought that iwas going to be a sugar heart attack but surprisingly, it was just the right aount of sweetness and not to sickly sweet. The coffee bun itself was amazing and I was really sad when it was finished! The Strawberry Fields is the coffee bun dusted with powdered sugar and served with strawberries and a massive pile of whipped cream and chocolate drizzle. The picture above shows off my Maple Eh? bun - delicious, but unfortunately melted really quick resulting in a bit of a mess. While these coffee buns were amazing, I didn't care too much for the Chai Latte. It was ultimately flavourless, but topped with an obscene amount of cinnamon - so much so that I felt like I was taking part in the cinnamon challenge from a few years ago. I'm not sure if this was intentional or to compensate for the fact that the latte was tasteless, but overall there was too much cinnamon to the point where I choked a vew times because some powder flew down my throat a little too quickly. Latte art was neither expected or necessary, but a really poor job was done probably because of the amount of cinnamon that was on the latte itself. If only PappaRoti wasn't so out of the way, I would go there everyday to study. They offer free WiFi and the place, despite its popularity, is very quiet. I know that I would probably gain a lot of weight going there all the time and having a coffee bun every time, so it's probably for the best. However, great coffee buns - but stay away from the Chai latte. Of course this is not reflective of their wide selection of drinks - I have no doubt that their other drinks are a little better. Finally, if you are stopping by and aren't feeling a coffee bun, PappaRoti has a few pre-packed savoury options for you to choose from, as well as other gluten free treats like brownies and Nanaimo bars. They also serve the famous Vancouver based The Lemon Square in house.
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