This pretty much tasted just like the original, except with green tea pastry green. I was also looking forward to trying the green tea version since I adore green tea. But on our visit, it just tasted like stacked crêpes and I felt the crêpes were a little dry. However, according to my friend who was with us and has had it before, he thinks we got a bad batch because he says that usually the crêpes are more fluffy and cake-like, with the crêpes almost melting into one, rather than being able to taste all the individual layers. I’m not sure why I expected it to taste more cake-like. When eaten together, this basically tasted like dozens of crêpes stacked together.

In between each crêpe layer is a light pastry cream. There are supposed to be at least 20 layers of handmade crêpes per cake. It’s amazing how many layers of paper thin crêpe are in one cake and I imagine it’s a long process to put together. Of course we had to have a slice of their original cake. I’ve seen many pictures of their desserts and so during our last LA trip, we finally got a chance to try the famous crêpes cake. They have several outlets in New York, one in Los Angeles, and a few in Asia. on Sunday.Lady M is a bakery chain originally from NYC that is famous for their crêpes cakes, which have more than 20 layers of handmade crêpes. Since its founding in 2001, Lady M has expanded globally, with more than 30 locations including on the East Coast, in Southern California, Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing. By day, customers can pre-order cakes to pick up at the truck by night, staff will bring out tables and offer full-service dining - served on Baccarat crystal, of course. Lady M plans to tour the truck around the country as a 'portable pop-up,' Maldonado said. Parked outside the Los Altos store is the company's new 'luxury' cake truck, which is outfitted with 3D art and $33,500 crystal chandeliers courtesy of French company Baccarat, with which Lady M partnered on the truck. All of the cakes are made at a headquarters in San Francisco and delivered to Los Altos by a refrigerator truck daily, Maldonado said. Customers can buy a whole cake (from $55 to $95, depending on the size and flavor) or slices (about $8.50-$9.50).īeyond mille cakes, there's red velvet cake, checkered vanilla and chocolate sponge cake covered in chocolate ganache and mont blancs (chestnut puree topped with a candied chestnut). In Los Altos, the mille cake is also available in green tea, tiramisu and pistachio flavors. Lady M will sell its cakes a 4598 El Camino Real in Los Altos, a former Peet's Coffee, through at least spring 2020. The bakery is increasing volume daily to try to keep up with demand, he added.

'I warned them and they were still upset,' he said. On a recent afternoon, when he sold the last of the cakes, he went out to tell people at the end of the snaking line so they wouldn't waste their time. The top of the delicate cake is caramelized.Ĭustomers have been lining up for said cake shortly after the store opens in the morning, Maldonado said. Lady M is best known for its vanilla mille cake, with 20 paper-thin crepes layered with a light pastry cream. Lady M said the Los Altos store will stay open through at least spring 2020. Lady M has hosted pop-ups in the Bay Area before, including at the neighboring Chef Chu’s restaurant, but this is its first standalone location in Northern California. 'We're open until 8 (p.m.) but we can't make it past 2 (p.m.),' Samuel Maldonado, who oversees retail operations for Lady M, said on Friday at the 4598 El Camino Real shop.

Every day since Lady M, the New York confections company known for its 20-layer crepe cakes, opened in Los Altos last weekend, the store has sold out by the early afternoon.

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