East Lansing’s popular sushi restaurant, Sansu, is adding a Japanese-style bakery to its repertoire.
Sansu is using its former 2,600 square foot building near the Michigan Athletic Club in
East Lansing for the new bakery and coffee shop. In April, the Sansu
restaurant expanded into a nearby 5,500-square foot space.
“We
thought that East Lansing needed a pastry shop that has Asian
influence,” says Rebecca Jeon, Sansu's owner and manager. “They’re all
over big cities. With a big population of MSU students, we thought it might be a great opportunity, so we decided to open one up.”
As
soon as the restaurant moved out of the old space, Jeon and her family
got to work renovating the new bakery. Jeon’s sister, Soogee Ahn, is
managing the bakery, which opened last week.
Ahn
has been in the coffee business for several years. An experienced
Japanese-trained baker will oversee the homemade baked goods.
“There
are a lot of coffee shops in town, but there are not a lot of pastry
and coffee shops,” Jeon says. “We have Asian pastries with red bean and
sweet potatoes. It’s not just cakes and cupcakes—it’s a lot of fruit.”
Source: Rebecca Jeon, Sansu
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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