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New Japanese Spot Akiba Has Anime-Costumed Waitresses, Bread for Dessert

The honey toast box.
The honey toast box. Photo: Richard V./Yelp

Three-month-old Richmond Japanese spot Akiba (3141 Clement Street), which is mainly a dessert café, specializes in a trendy Hong Kong-style dessert called the honey toast box — a baked-to-order, hollowed-out half-loaf of sweet bread that’s been toasted, drizzled with honey, and filled with an ice cream sundae. As NBC’s Tamara Palmer reports, they also do honey toast fondue, with little squares of the bread dusted with sugar and served with Belgian chocolate for dipping. Another draw to the place would be the waitresses dressed like anime maids who bop around the room. [Good Taste/NBC]

New Japanese Spot Akiba Has Anime-Costumed Waitresses, Bread for Dessert