Simon K.
Yelp
It feels like I haven't been here in more than a decade, I am sure it probably is the case, and after coming here, really having no expectations and just wanting a good slice of cheesecake, I walked into an odd, fun, experience with my wife.
It's a place that has been here, for what seems forever, where you talk about it, and it brings back memories of simplier times, where you kind of remember when you were here last time, and yet you don't, but you know that it has been awhile, and that was the situation with coming here with my wife, the place feels..... the same, as in, the colors, the chairs, the floor, everything, and yet.... that is part of the charm, the dark wood and colors, the 'old' aesthetic, and yet the only change is 'you'... the one coming here with way more years of experience (on what ... that is on 'you' as well) and all felt like a time capsule.
We ordered a slice of their classic slice of cheesecake, with their strawberries, sauce, fresh whipped cream, and added walnuts on top, as per the person working the till. We took our number and sat on the newer side (I do not know when they added the right side, but I know it wasn't there for me the last time I was here) and sitting what felt like a minute, our plate of sweet goodness arrived.
Something about this simple piece just hit the spot, how it was made, the simple yet beautiful presentation of it all, the right amount of chill in temperature, where it wasn't too cold, it just hit the spot, and the sweetness... was perfect, nothing overly sweet but just right... and that is why this place is still around, for all the stuff you say, said, did, in whatever timeframe of your life that you were here, after one bite you are brought back to that time and your re-live it.
It was a great way to end the night, and I hope to come back here sooner than the over a decade it took me to enter this place again. If you want a staple of Vancouver, this is the place.... might I say the best cheesecake in Vancouver... I would have to give my personal award to this place... thank you, and until next time.