As the cafe and restaurant scene in Brisbane matures, it comes with a greater development in the sophistication of food offerings. I would say that nothing else has grown as much as the matcha offerings in the city. What was originally a very niche dessert and drink has now become mainstream and the quality has substantially improved to the point where there are at least a handful of matcha specialists in town. One such cafe is Little K, situated on Jane St in West End.
Little K offers a selection of brunch options as well as sliced cake to enjoy on site or whole cakes to order. In my opinion the thing I hate the most is their limited opening hours, closing shop in the afternoon every day means that I definitely can't go for dessert runs after dinner.
Anyway, service was available at the counter, and the cake display was impressive. It is a rare situation where I waned to order every single slice to try but only had to settle on one. They were on the expensive side but it was a price that I'm willing to pay for the promise of quality.
Water was provided soon after ordering and I was easily able to find a seat on the Saturday afternoon. The dining area was open though, so it can easily get extremely hot during summer.
It didn't take long for both my drink and cake to show up.
Ordering my usual matcha with a shot of espresso ! ~ (˵•̀ᴗ - ˵ ), it was served with the requisite vibrant green tinted with brown. The cup was fairly large and the latte art was on point. The beverage itself was definitely one of the better offerings in Brisbane, with neither the matcha nor the espresso overpowering each other. The skim milk was frothed in a way that it was reasonably creamy, overall making for quite a delicious beverage.
I made the bold choice of trying to demolish a slice of matcha basque cheesecake by myself. It was strong in matcha taste, and intensely rich and decadent, almost to a point where I struggled to finish it by myself. Next time I will definitely bring a friend to share it with and try another slice of cake.
Taste: 9/10
Value: 7/10
Service: 8/10
Environment: 7/10
