Jacques I.
Yelp
I'm a fan of Milk Bar. Whenever I'm on the east coast and there's a location nearby, I gotta try what's new and get a favorite, like the funfetti cookies. So when I learned Milk Bar was opening in my city, I was ecstatic. However, the Bellevue location is simply a takeout spot in Nordstrom at Bell Square, so the menu isn't as expansive as its other locations and the portions seemed to vary here.
My friends and I visited Milk Bar on a Friday night and there was a line, as expected. But the line went by quickly. The menu here includes a variety of cookies, cereal milk soft serve with optional toppings, truffles, cakes, cake slices and pie slices in the fridge ready for takeout.
I had my heart set on a slice of the birthday cake, which is one of my favorite items at Milk Bar, but when I looked in the fridge, the sizes of the cake slices all varied. And some of them looked as though people had picked it up and had shook it because the icing was all over the container. At $11 for a slice, I was hesitant. So, I ended up getting a cereal soft serve with no toppings and tried some cookies.
Cereal milk flavor is a signature of Christina Tosi. I don't really like corn flakes, but wanted to try this soft serve, and to me, it wasn't as salty or bad as I anticipated based off other reviews. And this is coming from someone who doesn't like corn flakes or cereal, for that matter. Yes, the saltiness is abundant, so if you're expecting normal soft serve then this isn't for you. I liked it, but I couldn't finish a whole cup of it on its own. I actually had some with the chocolate funfetti cookie, which was good. I loved how dark chocolate the chocolate funfetti cookie was, so recommend for anyone who likes dark chocolate. I also tried the marshmallow corn flake cookie, which I was most surprised by, in a good way. Again, I don't like corn flakes, but with the marshmallow, it went very well. I would get this cookie again.
All in all, I'd say the cookies were my favorite of what I tried here. I hope eventually they'll have more soft serve flavors like what I've had on the east coast. I also still want to try a cake slice from here later on. Perhaps when the hype dies down, the consistency of the portions will be better.