Daan Go Cake Lab has finally made its way to the West Coast! Opening on April 15 in Richmond, Daan Go Cake Lab will be serving up their Instagram worthy macarons, cute cakes and beverages. The shop is brightly light and with a gorgeous yellow wall mural with a white pattern motif. At the display counter you will see all of their gorgeous and varied character macarons. From pandas, to dumplings to koalas – there is definitely no shortage of cuteness here! I got the chance to check out Daan Go Richmond before their official opening on April 15, so check out what I got below! Click here for $5 off your next order.
Daan Go Richmond – Character Macarons
Daan Go Richmond has 18 different character macarons to choose from. You can purchase them individually or in sets:
- Single ($3.75)
- 3 pieces ($11.00)
- 6 pieces ($22.00)
- 9 pieces ($33.00)
- 18 pieces ($66.00)
The 6, 9 and 18 piece set are packaged in the cutest clear box with a colour version of their flavour motif decorated around.
The flavours are:
| Lucky Cat – White Peach | Hong Kong Milk Tea – Ox | Vietnamese Coffee – Koala | Hazelnut Chocolate – Raccoon | Black Sesame – Octopus |
| Ovaltine – Bird | Roasted Milk Tea – Panda | Matcha – Dumpling | Banana Chocolate – Monkey | Passion Fruit – Fox |
| Pistachio – Dino | Tiramisu – Dog | Earl Grey – Rabbit | Mango – Bear | Strawberry – Pig |
| Salted Caramel – Tiger | Blueberry – Penguin | Pandan Coconut – Frog |
There are so many cute options and flavours that it was really hard to choose!
Daan Go Richmond – Signature Cakes
In addition to their stunning macarons, Daan Go has a pretty extensive line up for the signature cakes. They have cake slices as well as full sized cakes and mini decorative cakes. They have the cutest Cheesecake Fromage in the shape of a cheese wedge with a little mouse as well as my personal favourite the Lucky Duck. On our visit we went with:
- Cheesecake Fromage ($8.50)
- Lucky Duck ($8.50)
- Firma ($8.50)
- 24K Mango Cheesecake (Slice)
The Cheesecake Fromage is a white chocolate lime passion fruit cheesecake with a citrus ganache truffle mouse.
The Lucky Duck features layers of lemon curd, pistachio cream and almond sponge. It is topped with a hand painted white chocolate ducky. The cake is not too sweet and the lemon goes really with the nuttiness of the pistachio.
The Firma features malted milk chocolate (Ovaltine) mousse, chocolate almond sponge, salted caramel, dark chocolate mousse, and chocolate rocks. It is shaped like the cutest potted cactus!
The 24K Mango Cheesecake is the perfect summer treat. With a mango cheesecake base that features a housemade mango jam and passion fruit puree with a graham base this cheesecake is super refreshing!
Daan Go Richmond – Supremes
And of course they have to feature some of Vancouver’s hottest trendy dessert – Supremes. The rolled croissant scrolls are massive here. They also have a huge selection of flavours including sweet and savoury. Unfortunately they were mostly out by the time I got there so I got a basic double almond, but I will definitely be back to try their Furikake one and their Pineapple Crumble!
Worth a Try?
Yes! They will be undoubtedly be very busy for their opening weekend so if you aren’t a fan of queues I would avoid this weekend. However, I think it is worth trying and I would definitely try to snag a macaron or a cute mini cake to try!
Daan Go Cake Lab Richmond
Address: 4751 Garden City Road
Website: https://www.instagram.com/daangocakelab/
