This place is almost too good to share because I want to keep it all to myself - but I'll do something sweet and share about Something Sweet with you.
A cozy, dessert shop in the quaint Steveston community, Something Sweet is run by the same owners as the famous bbt shop Peanuts! Coming from Taiwan, the owners wanted to share their love of sweets - especially of fluffy, shaved ice! Even though the shop is narrow, the seating area has great options for small and larger groups with wooden tables and benches. Clean, bright and fresh vibes.
We ordered a few desserts to share - to start, we had the Brown Sugar Pearl Frappe. The bed of fluffy ice was creamy, milky and melt in your mouth, topped with sweet brown sugar drizzle and smooth brown sugar ice cream, the first bites were delicious! And then you add in some chewy pearls, it was heavenly! But wait, it gets even better at the bottom because there are corn flakes! It blew our mind and tastebuds - that crisp and crunch with the silky, flluffy icee was a taste and texture masterpiece! This is a dessert I would order again and again and again!
Next was the Matcha Red Bean Dessert Toast. Semi-sweet red bean with chewy, gooey mochi sandwiched between perfectly toasted white toast then dusted with matcha powder and a drizzle of condensed milk - it was a delicious balance of sweet, bitter, savoury and mouthfeels!
Finally we had to try some of their made in-store ice cream. Hojicha had a pleasant roasted flavour. Oolong Tea had so much tea flavour it was like I was drinking the real thing. Passionfruit was so rich it was incredible. All of the ice creams had a nice smoothness but not overly creamy texture.
Alicia was super nice and checked up on us while topping up our waters, the water offered was flavoured with lemon. Everything was served and presented with care - you can feel and taste the effort and thought they put into everything. If you want to find something sweet, come to Something Sweet!!! read more