Gram Cafe & Pancakes

Gram Cafe & Pancakes –  I’ve had soufflé pancakes twice. I had a friend recommend one place that was solely desserts and they’re signature dish was the soufflé, however I was sadly disappointed. It tasted more eggie than a sweet dessert. So I was on a hunt to find something better. One of my friends suggested Gram since it was a Japanese franchise that slowly made it’s way over to the West Coast. I was thinking, since it’s a franchise there is some merits of consistency of quality and demand for it. If there wasn’t, it wouldn’t be able to expand worldwide. At the moment, there is only one location opened in the lower mainland which is Richmond, Aberdeen. Whereas the remaining locations are still pending. Since I was there, I decided to try out their non souffle pancakes to see if it’s any different from the other pancake places I’ve been. I had ordered the Tiramisu and Coconut Custard. Both of them are more of the heavy cream side along with the souffle. The souffle requires more time to make so that came last. As I got to work on trying out the two. I quickly noticed the batter isn’t as sweet or as light and fluffy as I liked compared to some of the other breakfast place I’ve been do. The batter leaves more slight salty aftertaste lingering in the mouth. The toppings that were it didn’t really meld together to help balance it out.  Th mascarpone cream for the Tiramisu wasn’t very runny so it didn’t absorb in the pancake well so it felt like you were taste two different things and didn’t combine as well. The same goes for the coconut custard. The coconut cream wasn’t enough that you had more of pancake which you just eat with nothing along with it. The aromatics of coconut was not even noticeable. So personally, I would skip out on wanting to try their normal pancakes. Since these pancakes aren’t as airy it’s more dense, I got full pretty quickly. When the souffle arrived. That was a different story. I’m glad that it came last. It was very easy to cut through and it was nice and airy as I had expected to. Having the syrup on the side to add more and the light butter on top paired it very well. It was definitely a different experienced compared to their normal pancakes. There wasn’t a noticeable egg taste compared to others that I have tried.  I personally think if you were to come, just come for the souffle and nothing else. The other pancake selections just don’t cut it. If you know a better place to try – please let me know!