East Lansing Sushi Spot Adds European Pastry Fusion

SanSu, East Lansing’s hottest sushi spot, is moving outside the roll with its unique development of an Asian/European inspired sweet shop, Chapelure.

According to excerpts from the article:

“Fusion pastry shops like this are common in bigger cities like L.A. and New York,” says owner/manager Soogee Ahn. “Asian pastry chefs will go study in Europe, then bring back recipes and styles to their home countries or will move to the United States, where they combine all these items on a single menu. So you’ll get German, French and Japanese delicacies all in one shop. There’s nothing else like this in the area.”

Chapelure (French for “bread crumbs”) was planned for nearly two years before its soft opening at the beginning of summer. Ahn returned to East Lansing with her husband, Tae, to oversee the transition of SanSu’s old digs into her dream job.

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