Simple One Cafe

This place specializes in HK desserts. The tofu pudding drink is pretty good but their hot tofu pudding dessert isn’t very good—grainy and a bit too strong in tofu smell

I came across this Cantonese dessert place and it was a lot better than I expected. I really liked it since it has a great variety of dessert.

I went during the downtime so ymmv in terms of service and atmosphere. Food was decent, it's your basic Chinese desserts and snack spot. Parking: Parking is provided, but the ramp for the driveway is steep - you've been warned.

It's a cafe so don't expect full service restaurant level service. My three stars isn't a ding on the service, just relative to what you get. The kids just do their job. Atmosphere is based on tidiness and setup, it's nice for what it is and nicer than many similar places, rating is relative to other cafes. My food rating is based ONLY on the drinks we get and the braised pork bowl. Between our kids and ourselves we've had at least a hundred drinks here, especially the coconut sago ones which are the best around. We used to go down to San Bruno but after this place opened, we have never gone back, Simple One's versions are hands down better. We've tried similar at other places and the result is the same, we wished we had a Simple One version in our hand. We've not tried any of the food yet so I cannot comment on that other than the braised pork bowl which is a great and simple meal, enough to quell your hunger unless you consume mass quantities.

I had high hopes for another neighborhood dessert shop, but this wasn’t a good experience. Ordered the honeydew melon sago dessert: it was essentially an icy soup with bits of fruit. The sago was clumped together as if it was still thawing from the freezer. Never had such a poor Cantonese style dessert before. Lastly the place was empty at 8p but every table was dirty. No one bothered to wipe down any of the tables. Hard pass.