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Buttermere Patisserie A combination of Parisian pastry techniques with Asian flavours produce desserts, cakes and delicaci

10/15/2026

Make, Bring, Share

Come hang out with us for a sweet afternoon of cake, beverages, and good company!

Sweet Social is a private cake picnic bringing together dessert lovers, home bakers, professional bakers, and anyone who simply loves cake.

🍰 Each participant must bring ONE cake to share.
Your cake can be homemade or store-bought — just bring something you love, something that means something to you, or simply something you think everyone should try!

We’ll put everyone’s cakes together on one big table, then slice, taste, share, and discover each other’s creationsthroughout the afternoon.

If you’re coming with a friend, each person needs their own ticket and each participant should bring a cake to share.

Expect beautiful cakes, fun activities, a few surprises, and plenty of time to chill, chat, take photos, and meet other dessert lovers.

Come with a cake, leave with new favourites (and hopefully some new friends).

Event Details

DATE: Sunday, October 18, 2026
TIME: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
LOCATION: Private greenhouse venue in Richmond, BC
The exact location will be shared with confirmed participants.

Tickets are not refundable *

🎟️ What’s Included?

your ticket includes:

Access to our private Sweet Social cake picnic in a beautiful greenhouse setting

Taste and enjoy cakes brought by everyone attending — discover new flavours, styles, and favourite bakes from the community

One 10" × 10" cake box so you can take home a selection of cakes at the end

Beverages to enjoy while you mingle

A chance to win surprise prizes

An afternoon to meet and connect with Vancouver’s baking and dessert community

IMPORTANT: Don’t Forget Your Cake! 🍰

Every participant is required to bring one cake to share with the group. Homemade and store-bought cakes are both welcome.

This is what makes Sweet Social work — everyone brings something, everyone shares, and everyone gets to taste!

10/15/2026

🎂 SWEET SOCIAL IS HAPPENING THIS SUNDAY! 💕

I’ve made so many cakes over the years, but now I want to see what YOU create!

Imagine a long table filled with cakes, different flavours, and endless creativity! Bring a cake (homemade or from your favourite bakery), share it with others, taste everyone’s creations, and connect with fellow cake lovers! 🍰

✨ What to expect:
🍰 Lots of cakes to taste and take home!
☕ 2 complimentary drinks from The Kohi Bar The Kohi Bar
🌿 A beautiful stroll through Lavenderland Lavenderland
🎁 Lucky draw prizes from Buttermere Patisserie , Torafuku |PanAsian |Vancouver , 華埠掌故 | A Vancouver Chinatown Foundation Initiative , Suna & more!

No competition, no judging — just good cakes, good company, and a whole lot of creativity!

I seriously can’t wait to see all your creations! 🥹💕

📍 Lavenderland, Richmond
📅 Sunday, October 18 | 11 AM–2 PM

🎟️ Only a few tickets left! Sign up through the link in bio!

This Mid-Autumn Festival felt a little different. My family may not be here with me, but these people have become my Van...
09/24/2026

This Mid-Autumn Festival felt a little different. My family may not be here with me, but these people have become my Vancouver family.

Apparently, when a group of entrepreneurs gets together, we don’t know how to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival normally 😂🏮🌕

So we decided to do it our way …..Chinese period costumes, a whole piglet roasting in the backyard, way too much food, and lots of laughters

I guess it doesn’t really matter where or how you celebrate. What matters is being surrounded by people you love.

This is definitely one for the books. ❤️

A night I’ll remember for a very long time.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 中秋節快樂 🌕🥮

09/19/2026

About this cake… I have so much to say……

When I came back to Vancouver this time, one of the things I really wanted to do was create a GIANT cake, something I had never attempted before.

And somehow, just TWO days after I had that thought, Anna & Sean sent me a request for a giant tiramisu for their intimate wedding at Torafuku |PanAsian |Vancouver

Manifesting is real, I guess?! 😏🧐

The tiramisu itself was only one part of the challenge. I found myself cutting a 30” cake board with a saw, making multiple trips to Home Depot, figuring out how to elevate and support something this big… and basically problem-solving every little detail as I went.

But seeing it all come together and then getting to witness the bride and groom celebrating their wedding surrounded by the people they love made every bit of it worth it.

I’m so grateful that they trusted me to be a small part of such a special day. 🤍

Projects like this remind me how much I genuinely enjoy the whole process, not just making the dessert, but figuring things out, building something I’ve never built before, and somehow turning a slightly crazy idea into something real.

And yes… I would absolutely do it all over again. 😂

Congratulations again, Anna & Sean. 🤍

Thanks ❤️ Pauline Tung 张王屹

🍰 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 — 𝗦𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗧 𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚! Sunday, October 18 | 11 AM–2 PM | Richmond, BCImagine one long table overflowi...
09/18/2026

🍰 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 — 𝗦𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗧 𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚!

Sunday, October 18 | 11 AM–2 PM | Richmond, BC

Imagine one long table overflowing with cakes and desserts, surrounded by people who love sweets just as much as you do.

Inspired by the amazing CAKE PICNIC ®, we’re bringing our own version to Vancouver — SWEET SOCIAL! 🍰💕

Bring a dessert you love,homemade or store-bought, add it to the table, then taste your way through everyone else’s creations. Come meet local bakers, discover new favourites, make new friends, take way too many photos, and leave with a box full of sweets.

You don’t need to be a professional baker. Home bakers, hobby bakers, pastry chefs, cake lovers, and anyone who simply loves dessert are all welcome.

No competition. No judging. Just a big table of desserts and a community coming together to share them. 🫶🏻

📍 Richmond, BC
📅 Sunday, October 18
⏰ 11 AM–2 PM
🎟️ Tickets are on sale now — link in bio!

Bring a dessert. Come hungry. 🍰✨

Vancouver, let’s make this table HUGE.

🍌 KYOTO BANANA 🍂I’ve been wanting to make this banana cake for a while, but of course… I couldn’t just make a normal ban...
09/10/2026

🍌 KYOTO BANANA 🍂

I’ve been wanting to make this banana cake for a while, but of course… I couldn’t just make a normal banana cake ….

Then I started thinking about the first time I tried Tokyo Banana, one of Japan’s most popular souvenirs.
Since hojicha is said to have originated in Kyoto in the 1920s, my brain naturally went… if Tokyo has Tokyo Banana, why can’t we have Kyoto Banana?! 👩🏻‍🍳

And honestly, hojicha and banana just works. Banana is sweet, creamy and naturally caramel-y, while hojicha brings that roasted, nutty flavour that stops everything from getting too sweet.

Components:
* Hojicha sponge
* Banana salted caramel panna cotta
* Hojicha pastry cream
* Brown sugar caramelized banana
* Hojicha whipped ganache
* Roasted hazelnut

It’s banana-y, creamy, roasty, nutty, a little salty, a little caramel-y… basically all the cozy fall flavours I want in one cake. 😉

Available for online pre-order !
Order through the link in bio!

Somehow, my birthday passed right in the middle of another full workday. 🎂A lot of people asked me, “Why are you still m...
09/07/2026

Somehow, my birthday passed right in the middle of another full workday. 🎂

A lot of people asked me, “Why are you still making other people’s cakes on your own birthday?”

Honestly, seeing people happy when they receive their cakes is already such a good birthday gift for me. 😉

I’m also really grateful for all the love and support since I came back to Vancouver. My days have been packed, but I feel fulfilled and genuinely happy.

Before taking my two-year break, I was working nonstop and somehow lost myself along the way. I thought maybe I just needed to stop everything for a while. But when I finally had all the freedom and nothing I had to do… I felt lost too. 😂

That’s when I realized it was never really about working too much or too little. I just needed to find a rhythm that felt right for me.

And I think I’ve finally found my sweet spot between work and life. ✨

I still love creating, making desserts, meeting people, and challenging myself just without putting the same pressure on myself that I used to.

In another month and a half, I’ll be leaving Vancouver again for a little while. This time, I’m not worried about what’s next. I’m actually excited about the people I’ll meet, the places I’ll go, and whatever new experiences and challenges are waiting for me.

Another year older, and I definitely still don’t have everything figured out or maybe I don’t need to.

I’ll just keep creating, exploring, meeting new people, and seeing where life takes me.

Happy birthday to me 🎂

And thank you for keeping me so busy, Vancouverites. 🫶🏻🤪

🌕 MOLTEN MOON 🌕. Black Sesame × YuzuA lot of you have been asking if I’m making mooncakes this year…Sorry — no mooncakes...
09/03/2026

🌕 MOLTEN MOON 🌕. Black Sesame × Yuzu

A lot of you have been asking if I’m making mooncakes this year…

Sorry — no mooncakes this time. There are already so many amazing mooncake selections out there, so I thought I’d create something different.

I realized I’ve never made a cake for Mid-Autumn Festival before — so here it is: Molten Moon. 🌙

Inspired by the contrast of deep, nutty black sesame and bright Japanese yuzu.

🖤 Black sesame sponge
🍋 Candied yuzu
🖤 Black sesame praline cream lava
🍋 Yuzu ganache

The roasted, slightly bitter nuttiness of black sesame is balanced by the fragrant citrus and gentle acidity of yuzu. The yuzu cuts through the richness of the sesame praline, while the molten sesame centre makes it extra creamy!

Rich. Toasty. Citrusy. Molten.
A little different from your traditional mooncake. 🌕✨

08/31/2026

What exactly is SWEET SOCIAL?

Inspired by CAKE PICNIC ®, I wanted to create our own gathering here in Vancouver — a place to connect, create, share, and meet people who love desserts as much as we do.

Think of it as one giant dessert table — made by everyone.

🎂 Bake a cake
🍰 Bring it to the table
🥄 Taste everyone’s creations
💬 Meet new people & share ideas

No competition.
No judging.
And you definitely don’t need to be a professional baker.

Just a room full of people who love creating, baking, eating, and talking about desserts.

Bring your creation, leave with a box full of sweets, and hopefully some new baking friends too. 🫶🏻

WHAT’S INCLUDED 🎟️

- A beautiful venue
- 10” × 10” take-home cake box
- Beverage
- Prizes & surprises
- Meet fellow bakers & dessert lovers
- And A LOT of cake

📍 Richmond, BC — secret venue revealed to registered guests
📅 September 20, 2026
⏰ 11 AM–2 PM
🎟 Registration via link in bio (Eventbrite)
🐣 Early Bird pricing until September 5

Limited spots available.

So… what are YOU bringing to the Sweet Social table?

🌴🖤 TROPICAL NOIR Saving this one for last ! Coconut • Pandan • Black SesameI spent almost 3 months in Thailand recently...
08/21/2026

🌴🖤 TROPICAL NOIR

Saving this one for last !

Coconut • Pandan • Black Sesame

I spent almost 3 months in Thailand recently, studying Thai, travelling around, eating A LOT 😂 and honestly just enjoying being a student again instead of thinking about work 24/7.

Pandan and coconut were literally everywhere, little desserts, markets, cafés, street stalls…

So of course, some of that inspiration followed me back to Vancouver 😂

For this flavour, I made a creamy coconut pandan gelato, and Christophe brought in his touch by making this SUPER silky roasted black sesame praline to swirl through it.

And omg !! the sesame อร่อยมาก!!!!!!!

Deep, roasted, nutty, silky, slightly salty… it gives such a nice contrast to the fresh, fragrant pandan and creamy coconut.

This is also what I really love about collaborations, I can bring an idea or a flavour memory to the table, Christophe brings his own techniques and ideas.

And bonus… this one is completely VEGAN 🌱

🥥 Coconut
🌿 Pandan
🖤 Black sesame praline

And that became 𝙏𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙉𝙤𝙞𝙧.

The last flavour of our Chez Christophe x Buttermere Patisserie summer gelato collaboration.

Three flavours. Three different stories. And honestly such a fun project to bring together everything I’ve been travelling, tasting and learning over the last couple of years.

And a big thank you to Leila Kwok | Vancouver Food + Travel Photographer Chez Christophe for making this project happen ! I had so much fun 🌝

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636 Main Street
Vancouver, BC
V6A2W1

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 4pm
Wednesday 12pm - 4pm
Thursday 12pm - 4pm
Friday 12pm - 4pm
Saturday 12am - 4pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm

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+17789567789

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