Premier Dessert Kitchen

The tofu custard as well as the steamed milk was exceptionally smooth and not too sweet. Food came out quickly too. Just the right dessert for me!

I tried the sesame balls and also the mango roll. Both were pretty average. I recommend you get the roll without the cream. The interior is modern and new. The servers were very nice.

Went there on a weeknight so not many people. Decided to try this place since it’s near our home. My husband got this mango slush thingy and it was horrible. The mangos were rotten! It’s winter and I understand that mangos are not in season so maybe they shouldn’t offer that on the menu in the middle of January but don’t cut up brown mangos to your customer. Not coming back.

The only thing premier about this chain is the price. For $ 6-​$ 7 you get an itzy bitzy desert that is sweet as cavity.
Pros: This spot is clean, good to chill.

After a night working the Unilocal Booth at the 626 Night Market, there’s always a question of where to go eat. Jessica and Annee wanted to try this place. Haven’t heard of this place and its new to the area. After coming here, I learned there is one in El Monte, Monterey Park and I’m sure quite a few more locations.
Looking over the menu, we ordered this Durian dessert, black sesame with almond purée, and tofu flan. Each with its own interesting flavors. I’m glad the durian was only minimal amount in this crêpe like dessert. I wanted to try it as I was never find of durian. This definitely confirmed it and it was the lightest version. The real deal Holyfield is much more pungent which usually clears the room if you don’t like it. I usually like black sesame and tofu flan type of dessert. Will be back more often to try other items on the menu.

Came here because there weren’t many places open late on New Years Eve. The service is really friendly, but I wasn’t too impressed with the desserts. The snow white ended up coming out practically melted so I was just drinking ice and syrup.

This place is pretty good, it reminds me of Hui Lau Shan (許留山) in Hong Kong.
The desserts were pretty good, the sweetness was just about right. It wasn’t too sweet comparing to most American desserts so white washed friends might not like it as much.
I would recommend their steam egg white with milk and their herbal jelly if you want to try something different. They both taste pretty authentic!

Very nice desert place, opens late. Good Hong Kong style deserts and drinks. The lychee and mango desserts are my favorite. Service is great. The quality is very good. There’s plenty of parking in the back lot. It’s a convenient location 1 block from Din Tai Fun and Garden Café.

LOVE the taiwanese desserts here. they let you sugar the dessert yourself so they don’t impose THEIR sugar levels on youuur dessert (;
the hot tofu is great on a cold night. otherwise i’d go with taro balls with grass jelly!

I first noticed Premier Dessert Kitchen while having lunch next door at Dumpling House. Its small, quaint and modern interior seemed like a good place to sample some uniquely plated Asian desserts, based on the name.
Once we entered, the service was very attentive and personable. The guy asked if it was our first time, and made many recommendations. He knew the extensive menu well, easily explaining anything we asked about, and described the flavors accurately.
feeling a little experimental, we ordered:
Pandang mango pancake. Mango slices and cream filling wrapped in a green crêpe like shell. We didn’t detect any pandang flavor but it was a colorful dish
Mango pop balls: Little balls that actually pop in your mouth releasing mango flavoring. Served with small diced mango cubes and tapioca.
Black sesame & almond purée: This came out to be very watered down. The almond flavor was very noticeable, so was the black sesame, but when the two collided, it didn’t work well. I’ve had this at other places and it was served hot, thick and soothing. This came out like a broth, room temp and not so flavorful. The appearance seems like it’s the liquid stinky tofu gets soaked in for the fermintation process.
Taro balls #9: Red beans, a scoop of taro, taro balls and black jelly. Mild flavors, overload on taro and quite filling.
Every dessert we had fairly subdued flavors, nothing really popped or stood out to «wow» us. Nothing really gave us that fuzzy «comfort food». Though the menu was impressive, personally, it just didn;t work for me as there were so many choices & combinations. A rookie like me can easily make mistakes.
For my own palette, I would give the desserts a 2 rating. But the level of attentive service and friendliness gets a bump to 3! Probably would not return though.

Tasty desserts and free wifi. Try the Snow White ice with black sticky rice, mango, and durian. Their tofu custard with mini mochi balls are delicious too. The service is friendly and courteous. There’s also brick toast that I’ve yet to try. They also offer traditional desserts like grass herbal jelly, HK style desserts, and various drinks. There’s plenty of seating as not many seem to know about this place yet since you don’t really notice the store when driving on Baldwin. Parking is in the rear building. Give it a try!

Had the black sticky rice mango snow white. Lol what a name for a dessert. It was alright. The mango wasn’t sweet, it was sour. Sticky rice was good and the milk was sweet. Surprised as to how small it was. Looks much bigger in the pictures they post everywhere. A bit over priced.
Then I also ordered the brown sugar icey milk. The waiter forgot I ordered it and I had to remind him again. The picture on the menu displayed it as this small drink in a glass. But when I got it, it was this ginormous large sized boba drink. It was alright.
Overall this place is overpriced, quality could go up, attention to detail could go up, and service can be improved.

I’ve tried the mango dessert with whipped cream, mango roll. It was okay. The outside was similar to a slimy crêpe and it was just mangos and canned whipped cream. Nothing special, not worth what I paid. I also tried the grass jelly and balls, it was okay. All in all was not very impressed and didn’t really like it.

I decided to try this place through a friend’s recommendation. To me, Blackball seems so heavy and starchy but I wanted to try the Snow White. We got the Mango Black Sticky Rice Snow White, which was really yummy. The black sticky rice was unique with the corn in it, and the ice was very soft but melted too fast. But for $ 5.39 we got a disappointingly small portion. I was expecting a slightly larger size, not like Guppy’s shaved ice, but something that two people could enjoy. Not worth it, in my opinion.
The ambiance is also very awkward and quiet. We could hear the conversations of the people next to us, and when they left, we just hear the workers talking, and nothing else. There’s a backdoor entrance apparently, which is so awkward. The workers were greeting people while looking at the restroom. Apparently the backdoor was next to the restroom.
Nice concept with the desserts and the menu, but if they put on some music, added in more deals, or made some things $ 1 cheaper, then I would come back.

I wasn’t down to wait at least half an hour for Blackball on a Friday evening after dinner, plus I needed a place to continue my Netflix binge (no shame). Naturally this Arcadia location, which I had bookmarked a month ago when it first opened, came to mind since it has the grass jelly desserts I was craving and free (and fast!) wifi. I had been wary due to the mixed initial reviews, so not having high expectations walking in helped me not leave disappointed.
They’re actually known for the rolls, crêpe-​like desserts stuffed with cream and whatever fruit you chose, but my girlfriend and I were here for something more refreshing during this record-​breaking heat wave. We ordered Grass Jelly #4, which includes white balls (kind of like rice balls but smaller and sweeter), crystal jelly, and noodle jelly that we substituted with boba. I was somewhat dismayed by the amount of grass jelly and toppings they put compared to the crushed ice on the bottom that made it seem like it was a huge serving. The abundant amount of ice also made the whole thing watered down very quickly. We also got a mixed fruit tapioca drink, the coconut milk which taste-​wise was on par with the one at Phoenix, but there was barely any tapioca.
The limited seating is comfy though, there are TVs in both the front and back parts of the store playing ESPN or TNT, and the free wifi is fast if you want to watch your TV shows like me or looking for a place to get some work or studying done. Bless them for no credit card minimum, at least that I’m aware of, and the menu is mostly reasonably priced but on the expensive side (well it’s Arcadia). I’m glad this popular dessert concept that’s as common as coffee shops in Taiwan is finally starting to proliferate through the 626, but I’m still waiting for someone to cook grass jelly as delicious as the ones in my motherland!

I’m so glad I found out about this place & I live super close! My boyfriend & I decided to give this place a try & we both love it! He really likes taro & I really like durian + grass jelly.
We got the Grass Jelly #5 which comes with taro, crystal jelly and noodle jelly. It comes with a side of creamer but we didn’t use that because we’re both lactose. I really like how the bottom had ice so it was perfect on a hot day! The portions are very generous and totally worth it for the price. The taro was really good & I like how you can really taste the taro unlike some other places. The jellies were all super good I want to get this again.
We also got the Herbal Jelly with Durian. I LOVE Durian & this definitely satisfied me. They didn’t give much durian. It was just a small ice cream like-​sized scoop. It was a good enough portion for the amount of herbal jelly they gave me though! I also like how they gave honey on the side instead of putting it in the dessert for me. The durian was already flavored enough to be eaten with the herbal jelly so I did not use much honey. It was pretty pricey but I guess it’s worth it to get it once in a while! Durian is always worth it to me :)
I totally recommend this place and they close at 12, winner! Currently a big fan of this dessert place & I will definitely come again for another visit soon.
The menu is very extensive with a lot to choose from so I definitely will need to come back to try all the other dessert items!

Busy Sunday night– all the tables in the front were occupied so we got a small table by the back entrance. We ordered strawberry lover & mango roll.
Mango roll– I have no clue what the outside wrap was made out of but it tasted alright– it was filled with a mango and some whip cream. I give it ⁵⁄₁₀
Strawberry lover– it had a cute Hello Kitty design, the strawberry lava pudding was served cold. It’s strawberry flavored pudding with strawberry jam like syrup kind of filling. The small bowl had a scoop of vanilla ice cream and some Mochi balls on a pond of coconut milk. It was good — I loved the chewy balls.
Two items– $ 14. Service was good.

I’ve been to Premier Dessert’s Monterey Park location and was eager to try out the new Arcadia location with my dad. Premier Dessert is located on Baldwin Avenue next to the Dumpling House where Puffilicious and Tealicious used to be. There’s a parking lot behind the store as well as street parking around the corner.
The storefront is pretty big and brightly lit, which is always nice. I like the décor of the restaurant and the brightness of the walls. There are about 8 tables, maybe. The menu is extensive, but it isn’t as humongous and strange as Monterey Park’s menu.
They are still in their soft opening phase, so I did expect some bumps while we dined there, but the overall experience was pretty underwhelming.
Pros:
–The traditional Hong Kong desserts are good. My dad tried the black sesame and walnut purée as well as the walnut and almond purée. The desserts aren’t comparable to Hong Kong’s, but he said they were pretty well made.
–I tried the taro balls #10, which had taro balls, crystal jelly, noodle jelly, and boba. I also thought there were sweet potato balls inside as well. I thought it was pretty good. It was a little sweet (lots of sugar in the syrup), but the taste was good and there was a pretty good amount of everything. I think the taro balls could have tasted a bit more like taro, but overall it wasn’t too bad.
–20% off during their soft opening promotion.
Cons:
–Very inexperienced staff. I would think that if you open up a Hong Kong dessert place, the staff should understand Cantonese … or even English! The waitress who helped us didn’t understand what we ordered and had to look at the menu to see which items we were referring to. And she STILL managed to get it wrong. I believe she only spoke Mandarin, which is fine, but due to the language barrier, our order was severely messed up.
–I made sure to mention that ONE of the items that I ordered was to be packaged to-​go. I repeated it three times, telling her «only that item is to-​go». She agreed but didn’t write it down. We ended up getting all of our ordered packaged in boxes for to-​go when we were ready to eat it there.
–My dad had ordered the black sesame and almond purée originally, but they entered it wrong and gave us the walnut and almond instead. We told the waitress, but she didn’t really seem to understand that she gave us the wrong order, so … we just left it at that.
–The Icey Milk with caramel, boba, and pudding had no flavor whatsoever. It wasn’t even sweet. Tasted like 2% milk with some boba and pudding inside.
–No shaved snow offered yet.
tl;dr — I think the staff needs a little more training and the drinks need a bit more work. Because they are in the soft opening stage, I can’t expect too much. My dad told me he saw a sign for another location opening in El Monte. If that’s true, then I definitely think they should perfect Arcadia’s location before opening up another storefront.

This is a new tea/​dessert place that opened like probably a week or so ago so it is very new.
Environment: The setup is like a typical tea/​dessert café. It feels on the smaller side in my opinion.
Food: My friend and I ordered the taro balls dish which consisted of taro balls (of course), grass jelly, shaved ice, noodle jelly and another kind of jelly. Lots of jelly here and there haha The dish overall was pretty good but the taro balls were pretty bland. Wished it was more flavorful… maybe that’s how taro balls are normally. I’m not sure, don’t really eat taro balls that much. Apparently, according to our waiter, anything with a picture is a popular dish so try the ones with pictures if you don’t know what to get haha
Service: Super slowwwww. It took us 30 mins to get our dish! The table next to us which sat there later got their food first before us. Apparently our order got mixed up or something. My friend made a suggestion to the boss that their service could be better and he was very thankful and gave my friend and I free drinks! One was lavendar tea which I really liked. They use real lavendar and it was very light and flowery. Not really sure how to explain it but it was very refreshing. The other was a passion fruit green tea which was alright. It didnt stand out as much as the lavendar tea did.
Parking: Parking lot in the back.
This is a new business and I’m sure the service and desserts will get better as things starts rolling and they find their groove in this business.
Right now 20% off drinks and desserts! Not sure how long this will last…

My husband and I love the desserts here, specifically the Mango Roll. We would drive 20 minutes down to Monterey Park for it but no longer! We’re so excited about bringing the kids here. They’re going to love it too.
My husband described it perfectly last night when he said the skin on the rolls has a silky smoothness to them like eggs cooked sunny side up but super thin but sweet. «What? No, they don’t!» I said, paused, then, «No, wait, you’re absolutely right. That IS what it feels like!» I could never put my finger on it before.
Both their rolls and pancakes are filled with a whipped cream and a sprinkle of sugar inside. I’m not sure if it’s part of the whipped cream or not but you can feel the crystals as you chew.
We also had the durian pancake, to which my husband made the best comment, «How does something taste so sweet smell like asshole?» Brilliant. The «pancake» is actually also a roll stuffed with fruit and whipped cream. It’s akin to a crêpe but smooth and chewy. The durian inside was like a fruit paste than chunks of fruits, which was fine. I do wish it had less cream and more durian.
Since it was late and we were already eating sweets, we opted against any sweet teas and coffees, instead choosing water. Hot for me, iced for my husband. I wish they didn’t serve them in disposable containers (c’mon, guys– think green!).
It was an awkward atmosphere, only one other table besides ours. It was quiet as a funeral home, then minutes later they decide to blast pop music. o₀ Service was good and it ended up being so cheap, so we left an extra nice tip.