Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc… You are my saviour!
I forgot to order my sister’s baby shower cake (I know, I know… How could I do that, right but it happens sometimes :/​) anyways, with less than 24 hrs left for the party, I went to 3 other bakeries before reaching Mont Blanc and everyone said no or to come later (Really??). I asked for a simple round boy cake with cute little drawings of nany clothes and whatever they could think of. The lady behind the counter was nice enough to say that they will try to do whatever they can, they had a wedding cake to be delivered the same time I wanted my cake. And she suggested that I should order the strawbery shortcake (their famous cake).
I’m more than glad, that I listened to her and she listened to me and delivered a perfectly delicious cake with nice colors and cute little drawings and details (shorts had a cute bow made of chocolate and so on) Just what I asked for. Thank you Mont Blanc!

The best crêpe cake and green tea cake. Amazing service. The crêpe cake is better than Lady M crêpe cake. Also, the owner is very nice and attentive. The ingredients are very fresh and high quality. Would highly recommend to anyone looking for authentic Japanese baked goods. Price are great for the quality and presentation.

I stumbled onto Mont Blanc by pure coincidence, didn’t even think it was a Japanese-​French influenced cake shop. I have to say this was my favorite discovery as I still continue to get my cake slices from here anytime I crave a snack (gotta go gourmet). Everything is freshly baked for the day you can even see the chefs working in the back and the lady or owner that always helps with my cake selection is always friendly and helpful and I always leave with a box full of cakes and a big smile on my face. Definitely recommend everyone to give this place a try because you will love it! Some recommendations from me: khalua, gateaux aux chocolat for the chocolate lovers, mokka, and their banana bread muffins (I forgot what they were called, a new recipe to their collection, mini and yummy).

If you are not a cake Lover, please come to this place and it will change your perspective.
They have the best Crêpe CAKE. whether green tea or custard it is SOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOD!!! It is Perfect and not too sweet. They use excellent ingredients and very very clean. The owner is very nice too.
Please visit this place. I hope they will branch out.

This place is great! Very kind people and cakes are simply wonderful! Two thumbs up!

Delicious Pistachio Cake!
This cake is So moist and delicious. In fact many of their desserts are very tasty and well-​made. Apparently the chef is Japanese but received training in French patisserie or I think he studied in France — or both! Which ever one, but you can tell from the quality of the pastries, especially the cakes.

Always delicious cake slices. I have been going there for years. Whenever I’m nearby, I’d stop there. Most recently, I picked up two slices of the crêpe cake (one matcha and one regular). They are heavenly.

You can never go wrong with their cake. Everything I have tried is sooo good! Loyal customer for couple years :)

I picked up a tiramisu cake and a slice of crêpe cake from Mont Blanc and it was everything I imagined and more! Just enough sweet, light and airy… just so good. Complements to the baker! Will be back for more cakes!

My family, plus family friends and I, have been getting our pastries here for decades! We don’t mind driving out to this place all the way from Barrington Hills and South Barrington because the French pastries here blow all other bakeries away! I’ll even come here on my own and buy at least 1 or 2 slices of almost every pastry they sell here – that’s how awesome this place is. They offer a wide variety of pastries, be they chocolatey or fruity ones, but the thing is, they are never too sweet nor are they bland, plus the bread-​y part is always nice and moist… you feel like you’re eating into a pastry cloud from Heaven – thank you, sweet baby Jesus!

We tried the orange moose for the first time and it was amazing! It was sweet like we wanted and it had the touch of pure orange. The design was just like we wanted and it was very detailed! I would try more flavours and deffenetly eat more of their cakes! Our family loves this place and we recomande it to anyone that wants a fine cake for a special occasion! Thank you Mr. Koji!

I got the green tea cake for my birthday and it was just amazing .
I love my sweets but this was the perfect blend of being sweet but not too sweet and it had a soft texture as well.
Everyone else who tried the cake also loved it and i even grabbed a second slice because it was so yummy!
Would love to go back and try their other cakes as well!

My friend kept trying to get me to come here and when I finally did I was so glad! We got a strawberry shortcake cake for my son’s birthday, and then picked up various other cakes for fun. The price wasn’t bad, and everything was absolutely delicious! I will definitely come again!

First time trying this place out. Not bad at all. Ordered a piece of green tea cake and tiramisu. Their green tea cake is not sweet which is what I like. My husband got the tiramisu which he thinks it is a lil too sweet. I shared mine green tea with him so makes it perfect.

Love this place. The pastries here are not too sweet which I like. The owners are nice and you can special order for a large orders. Will definitely order more from Mont Blanc.

still the best asian bakery in my book for over 10 years in a row now… we still get all of our birthday cakes here (mostly green tea)…we order 5 birthday cakes for the month of may alone… the design presentation is very slick and modern with complementary colors (it’s like an eatable architectural model — I prefer the deconstruction style)…the frosting is very light (which is my excuse to eat more)…the prices has dropped a bit and more competitive now… but the quality and attention to details remains excellent… highly recommended!

Although I can’t have most of what they offer, what I’ve had has been excellent. The presentation of the pastries are beautiful and extremely high quality. My wife and family love their offerings.
Highly recommended.

The closest to Japanese pastry you will get in Chicago! Actual Japanese family operating for 30+ year u have to try it!!!

My family has been buying birthday cakes from here since I was. maybe 7 or 8 years old — so nearly 10 years now. We get them for my sister, my mother, and now my niece and nephew (my dad is partial to banana cream pies, so his birthday ‘cake’ is purchased elsewhere). The bakery is in a small strip mall of sorts, sandwiched between a sushi restaurant (Nikko’s — also a great greeeaaat place) and a tavern. The owners are a couple — they are SOOOO nice. A Japanese man and a woman from… eastern Europe… maybe? Regardless, the wife typically runs the counter while the husband is baking and crafting miracles in the back. They are both adorable and super friendly.
Everything I’ve had from here is super light, moist, and obviously made with a lot of skill and love for the craft of baking. I must admit, maybe 98% of the cakes we get from here are the strawberry delice — it’s a wonderland of incredibly, impossibly light chocolate cake (with just a hint of sweetness), layered with perfectly macerated strawberries and a fluffy light chocolate mousse. The whole thing is dusted with semi-​sweet cocoa powder and topped with big plump glazed fresh strawberries. It’s like eating light, delicious bites of heaven.
I will admit this place is a little on the pricier side, the aforementioned heavenly cake serving 6 people being about $ 28. But TRUST ME, it is SOOOOO worth it. Another perk is they’ve started accepting credit cards in the last few years (MasterCard, Visa, and Discover only I believe). I remember once maybe four or five years ago, I forgot they were cash only (at the time), and they totally let me bring the cake home and come back the next day and pay for it!
It heartens me to see small business owners who have such a passion for what they do. I will return to Mont Blanc for birthday and special occasion cakes again and again — I’ve told the owners they are never allowed to close or relocate.

So, I’m big into Asian bakeries this Labor Day weekend. Only two days in and I’ve already got three under my belt and in my tummy.
Best labor day ever? I’ll wait to see how the rest of the weekend plays out, before calling it, but so far so (baked)good.
I walked in to see a case full of so beautiful that I thought they were fake display only treats. They woman behind the counter, was a friggin peach and helped me out when i ordered up one of their pear tarts and a raisin sable.
Initially, I’d only asked for one pear tart and raisin sable and did think the $ 9 price tag was a bit steep, but then as I opened the little bakery box in my car and looked inside while rifling around my purse for one of two camping sporks I keep handy for times like these, and saw that my order may have gotten a tad lost in translation and she’d actually given me 2 pear tarts and the raisin sable… which turns out, was what I did actually want as just one pear tart is simple not enough.
Next time, which will probably be tomorrow, I’m getting the plum tart, the Kahlua and at least 2 of everything else based on the the mega Mont Blanc win that our first visit consisted of.