A Sweet Evening at Pastel

Pastel Creperie and Dessert House

Location: 5417 Yonge Street, North York

Access: Along TTC bus route, TTC Subway (Finch station), paid street parking available

Price: minimum $5 per person, $5-10

Blogsters' Rating: 4.5 / 5

Pastel has officially become my most visited cafe in the area! It is a small cafe that serves desserts like waffle, crepes, sundaes, cake and specialty coffee. There's nothing better than having something sweet after a long gloomy day of work! 

This cozy cafe has a few patio seating extending out on to the sidewalk, perfect hangout for a lazy summer afternoon. Top picture is a view of the patio from inside the cafe. 

green tea red bean parfait

This sundae consists of green tea ice cream, red bean paste, whip cream, green tea mousse, cake pieces and topped with some granola. It wasn't too sweet although there is a lot of cream in the parfait which makes it a really light sundae. However, it did get a little dry in the middle towards the end with the granola and cake pieces after all the ice cream is finished. Nonetheless, the combination of green-tea and red bean  flavors go together extremely well. If you're a fan of green tea, definitely do try it out!

   

Green tea flaky ice 

Milky green tea ice shavings topped with chocolate cookie crumbs and whipped cream. Shaved ice has become a largely popular dessert in recent years and is perfect for a hot summer day. Again this is a very light and fluffy dessert. It is similar to a snow cone except the ice is shaved into very thin pieces, making the texture very smooth and instantly melts in your mouth. This dessert does melt pretty quickly due to its thin slices but nonetheless yummy. Unfortunately this is the only flavor Pastel offers. I really do hope that there'll be more selections in the future =D    

On a separate visit, I had the sweet potato crepe which is a newer item on the menu. It's a really simple crepe dish topped with sweet potato ice cream, syrup, icing sugar, almonds and whipped cream. It wasn't very sweet or heavy just like most of their other desserts. You can tell that the sweet potato ice cream is not an artificial flavour. Overall it was a very light dessert dish that I easily finished. The hot chocolate was very rich and creamy as well.  

Here's a view of the coffee bar work station. Aside from crepes, waffles and sundaes, Pastel offers a good selection of cakes that is displayed neatly in the pastry fridge. They offer a selection of cakes from various different bakery throughout the town. 

This cozy cafe does get crowded later on in the evenings especially during weekends so if you're planning a visit on a Friday evening, be expected to wait in line. Generally Pastel's dessert aren't overly rich, heavy or extremely sweet but they certainly have a lot of unique flavours such as sweet potato, black sesame and taro. I will definitely return again and try out other items on the menu and I'll be sure to update you guys about it!