Fro-yo girl here. Thick yogurt — the strained, spoonable kind that’s become a popular snack across Asia — is still surprisingly hard to find in the United States. Let Eat Yogurt in Buena Park, Orange County, was the first thick yogurt shop to open in Southern California back in 2020, and since then several thick yogurt spots have opened in the San Gabriel Valley. Lunara is the newest place to join the scene.
Lunara operates inside Kara Bento in Rosemead, CA, and specializes in Asian style dry/thick yogurt bowls, chia yogurt cups, and protein bowls. The menu isn’t very descriptive, so you’re mostly relying on the photos and the names of the bowls to figure out the contents of each bowl. It looks like they offer different yogurt flavors, though there’s no build your own option listed. They did accommodate my request to leave out the bananas, which I appreciated.
Ordering is done by scanning the QR code at your table or using the self-serve kiosk. The bowls are made to order.
Ocean Yogurt Bowl ($15.99): I wasn’t sure what would be in it, but I ended up liking the combination of fresh blueberries and blackberries with crunchy chocolatey cereal (similar to Cocoa Pebbles), coconut pieces, and chewy oat pearls. The big scoop of yogurt was thick, creamy, and plain, but a pretty shade of blue — likely from butterfly pea flower. Because it’s strained, the yogurt wasn’t sour; it had a mild natural sweetness. I’ve had thicker, drier versions elsewhere, but I liked that Lunara’s wasn’t quite as dry. The mix of textures and flavors worked well.
It did feel a bit pricey at $16 plus tax and tip, especially since it’s something you could easily recreate at home. Still, it’s nice to have another thick yogurt option in the SGV.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl
* LUNARA. 3365 Walnut Grove Ave, Suite B, Rosemead, CA 91770
Looking for more frozen yogurt news, discussion boards, and resources? Check out the International Frozen Yogurt Association website at http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/. The IFYA is the independent voice of the frozen yogurt industry.
Lunara operates inside Kara Bento in Rosemead, CA, and specializes in Asian style dry/thick yogurt bowls, chia yogurt cups, and protein bowls. The menu isn’t very descriptive, so you’re mostly relying on the photos and the names of the bowls to figure out the contents of each bowl. It looks like they offer different yogurt flavors, though there’s no build your own option listed. They did accommodate my request to leave out the bananas, which I appreciated.
Ordering is done by scanning the QR code at your table or using the self-serve kiosk. The bowls are made to order.
Ocean Yogurt Bowl ($15.99): I wasn’t sure what would be in it, but I ended up liking the combination of fresh blueberries and blackberries with crunchy chocolatey cereal (similar to Cocoa Pebbles), coconut pieces, and chewy oat pearls. The big scoop of yogurt was thick, creamy, and plain, but a pretty shade of blue — likely from butterfly pea flower. Because it’s strained, the yogurt wasn’t sour; it had a mild natural sweetness. I’ve had thicker, drier versions elsewhere, but I liked that Lunara’s wasn’t quite as dry. The mix of textures and flavors worked well.
It did feel a bit pricey at $16 plus tax and tip, especially since it’s something you could easily recreate at home. Still, it’s nice to have another thick yogurt option in the SGV.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl
* LUNARA. 3365 Walnut Grove Ave, Suite B, Rosemead, CA 91770
Looking for more frozen yogurt news, discussion boards, and resources? Check out the International Frozen Yogurt Association website at http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/. The IFYA is the independent voice of the frozen yogurt industry.
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