[REVIEW] Mimibuloveme

Mimibuloveme is a little tea room that is located near Oakridge Centre in Vancouver. As you walk along Cambie Street, heading North, you'll find a  black chalkboard sign that mark's their location.

Mimibuloveme is located Northeast of the Oakridge skytrain station.
Google map: 5556 Cambie St. Vancouver, BC

Mimibuloveme's sign

They offer crepe, panini, soup, parfait, tea, and some coffee beverages. They have a facebook page with a photo album of their menus, and other information such as their operation hours, their phone number and some pictures of some of their food. Obviously, me with such a big sweet tooth went there specifically for their parfait!!

Mimibuloveme is a very small shop; it consists of 3 4-seat tables, and 2 2-seat tables (one is a high counter and the other is a regular side table near the kitchen). They offer eat-in and take-out. On the weekdays they open 3pm-midnight; weekends they operate 7pm-midnight.

EDIT (Nov8,2012): {Mimibuloveme does not operate on Tuesdays}  My friend ordered the matcha parfait, but the guy working there said we'll have to wait 2 hours :( Instead, she changed her order to the Strawberry cheesecake parfait. We went in at around 3:30pm and they were restocking at that moment. I guess it was just my friend's bad luck that they don't have matcha (or mango) =T

I got the black sesame parfait (mine came after ~15 minutes)

Black Sesame parfait- $7.10

 and the other side.....

In this parfait,there's..

• black sesame ice cream- very rich roasted black sesame flavor. love it! 
• coffee jelly- very 'hard' from the gelatin. However, you can taste the deep coffee flavor. It doesn't taste like the cheap coffee jelly mix
• cereal (tastes abit like Capn' Crunch)
• some type of sponge cake (?)- on the menu, it says I'm suppose to have some graham crackers but I guess they ran out? I assume that the cake is lady fingers. They taste very good
• pink mochi balls (japanese glutinous rice cakes)- it gives the parfait a nice chewy texture in between all the layers. They're quite bland
• vanilla bean ice cream- rich,creamy flavor. I think it's slightly sweeter than any regular vanilla ice cream
• black sesame paste

Strawberry Cheesecake parfait- $7.10

Strawberry Cheesecake parfait:

• fresh strawberries
• strawberry cheesecake
• strawberry ice cream- sweet and tangy flavor
• cereal (same as the black sesame parfait)
• sponge cake/ lady fingers?

The environment gives off a modern coffee-shop vibe. They play some slow jazz, or classical, music. They offer free wifi, the password is written on a little hand statue on the shelves.

Mimibuloveme

some pictures hanging on the wall, they give a cozy corner-coffee-shop feel.
I really love the sakura picture!

I was very tempted to sit in that chair!
a perfect place to curl up with a good book and a good cup of coffee,
don't you agree? =D

Food: 4/5

• I've only tried the parfait, but the black sesame ice cream is very tasty. I                  couldn't stop myself from eating it!

Service: 4.5/5

• it's disappointing that there's no matcha parfait. They didn't rush us on us ordering,and were very patient- which is a big plus =)

Value: 3/5

• the ice cream is really delicious, but I can't justify paying $7.10 + tax for a parfait. I will make another visit when I do have a craving for it, but the price is a bit too expensive

Ambiance: 5/5

• nice, comfortable environment. Much quieter than a bubble tea joint

Overall: Yes, I'll visit mimibuloveme again! The parfait is pricey but if my sweet tooth aches for some parfait, I'm going back!

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Update: My second visit! (August 30, 2013)
This time I ordered the Tiramisu parfait, and Maiko ordered the matcha parfait. Each costs $7.

Tiramisu parfait: tiramisu gelato, tiramisu cake, chocolate wafer stick.

The tiramisu cake tastes a bit off, it doesn't taste like they used marscapone cheese to make it. I also did not see any chooclate wafer stick. Nonetheless I still like it.

Mimibuloveme- Tiramisu parfait

 Matcha parfait: matcha gelato, mochi ball, gyuhi, red bean.

Mimibuloveme- matcha parfait