Chef Sanjana Arora Brings Sanji’s Treat Shop to the Café and Bake-Shop Market

Chef Sanjana Arora, Managing and Creative Director at La Folie, has introduced Sanji’s Treat Shop, a neighbourhood café and bake-shop concept focused on cookies, cakes, viennoiseries, ice creams, beverages and other baked offerings.

The concept is built around everyday consumption, with the menu covering warm cookies, cake slices, soft-serve sundaes, croissants, canteen-style bakes and coffee-led beverages. The format is designed for casual visits rather than occasion-based dessert consumption.

The menu includes offerings such as the Jam Toastie Cookie, Mr. Pista, Baby Crème Brûlée Custard Cookie, Sobo Chic Choc and Malted Melody cake. The range also includes Fruit Trifle, Sanji’s Tiramisu, Bandra Banoffee Custard Pudding and Papa’s Pineapple Nougat.

The café also offers vegan, low-sugar and gluten-free options, including a vegan Mom's Choco Berry Cake Slice, vegan no-sugar 85% Chocolate Banana Bread, gluten-free Death by Chocolate Truffle Cake and the gluten-free, protein-forward Blueberry Baddie Pro-Max Cookie.

“Sanji’s Bake Treat Shop is probably the most personal expression of my baking. A lot of it comes from the things I grew up eating, memories of my family’s love for bakes and desserts I still crave myself. I’ve spent years learning the discipline and precision of pastry and chocolate, but I wanted Sanji’s to give me room to be more instinctive. It is about understanding the rules, respecting the technique and then asking, ‘What if we did this?’” says Chef Sanjana Arora.

Fresh preparation is also central to the format, with products baked, filled, finished, scooped and assembled through the day. The menu includes in-store offerings such as OG Classic Cookies, Tiramisu Scoop Cake and Vanilla Basque Cheesecake with a custard filling.

“Fresh baking has a sensory quality you simply can’t replicate. The smell, warmth and texture make the bakery feel alive. For me, mess is part of the magic.”

The beverage menu includes Peach Marmalade Iced Tea, Tang Cold Brew, Cherry Cola with strawberry float, Salted Milo cold chocolate, Scoop Cake Iced Latte, Cookie Mylk Latte, Fruity Matcha and OG Hot Chocolate with soft serve.

The menu has been in development for close to two years, with the team testing and refining recipes, textures and formats. The concept also plans rotating offerings including Bake Box of the Month, Weekend Sundaes, Sanji’s Birthday Cake Specials and Recess Hour specials.