Interviewer: Do you have desserts recommendation for this April? Chef Mike: So for April desserts, the only thing that we have is some items for Easter. We had some little bunny and chick macarons and little carrot decorations on top of our signature strawberry shortcake for Easter. And those are pre-orders only. There will also be…
Interviewer: Do you have any dessert recommendations for this Spring? Chef Mike: We have the Hinamatsuri special, which is going to be on pre-order soon. There’s a rare cheesecake with Sakura jelly for girls’ day. And we are also working on Matcha Gateau Chocolate for St. Patrick’s Day which we’ll have that special probably the week before…
Interviewer: We’ll hop right into today’s interview. Did you start selling Strawberry Jam at the shop? Chef Mike: So, yeah, we just started selling our homemade strawberry jam at the shop. We had all the things from the health department, so we can sell them for grab and go. We make the strawberry jam 100% fresh in-house….
Interviewer: Do you have any special or new drink menu in 2023? Chef Mike: There is one thing we are kind of working on is prepackaging our Royal Milk, Tea, and Matcha Latte bases so that we can sell them retail or grab-and-go. And we’re just kind of working on getting the packaging. It’s kind of been…
Happy New Year! Welcoming a new year always comes with its adversities – as difficult as it may be, Suzuya kindly opens our doors for everyone to celebrate. As most often say, “Out with the old. In with the new.” In our kitchen, we make it apparent and never waste a single crumb! Our Rasuku…
Interviewer: Do you have any special drinks for Valentine’s Day in 2023? Chef Mike: We have Valentine’s cake already set that goes well with hot chocolate. We make our own chocolate milk chocolate recipe. We don’t use any mixes, so we heat up the cream and milk with whole chocolate. And it has a really…
Interviewer: What kind of year was 2022 for Suzuya? What kind of year do you want 2023 to be for Suzuya? Chef Mike: 2022 was kind of a growth year for us. Had some turnover staff and brought in Chef Miyuki. So I think we learned a lot more about the business stuff and hiring…
Interviewer: Please let us know your recommended sweets for this winter? Chef Mike: The sweets we start doing for Christmas, we’ll be doing our Christmas cookies and nougat this year. So we have little packages set up, little boxes for Christmas decorations that look like little ornaments, and cute little packaging for those. So we’ll…
Interviewer: Please let us know your Hot Sando menu and its varieties. How is the menu item that was added last month going? Chef Mike: So we just started the Hot Sando menu. Everything kind of varies off the same base with the toast. We butter the bread and toast it with scrambled eggs with…
Interviewer: Please let us know your recommended drink menu for this coming winter. What is your recommendation or special feature of those menus? Chef Mike: All right, so recommended drink menu. So we still have a cider, the apple cider, and the apple spice tea running through Christmas or the end of the year, which…
