If you're in the area, it's being sold at the Smorgasburg event every weekend (a pretty cool foodie market) in Brooklyn, New York. I'd rather get actual mochi or shaved snow with the same toppings and it'd have more flavor and more satisfying! But, if you ever get the chance, I recommend it just because. Why? Well, it's cool and insta-worthy but it doesn't taste like much. Something I would try just because it's cool or interesting and to say that I did. I honestly wouldn't get it again because it's more of just a "novelty" dessert. I'm glad I was able to try the Raindrop Cake while I was coincidentally in New York for a spontaneous vacation during the same weekend that it debuted at the Brooklyn Smorgasburg in Williamsburg! What a trip! Now that I could say I've tried this kind of dessert and can cross it off my bucketlist. I studied abroad there but didn't really know where to get it. Go for their giant-sized signature treat 30cm of eight different ice. I always wanted to try the Mizu Shingen Mochi from Japan. Nakano Located in Nakano Broadway, this unique ice cream shop lets you sample eight different soft serve flavours all at once. The raindrop cake was just kind of there as a filler since it didn't taste like anything at all.ĪS CLOSE AS I CAN GET TO THE MIZU SHINGEN MOCHI FROM JAPAN I actually really love the powder (It's commonly used on Korean shaved snow desserts and Japanese mochi!) and loved pairing it with the brown sugar. So basically the only flavors you'd taste are the sugar and powder. According to the shop, it's made from spring water. I wasn't sure what to expect but I honestly thought it would have flavor. View all the details of restaurants, gyms, classes, and salon services. JUST WATER.Īlright, so this jelly-like thing that looks exactly like a clear and clean raindrop that's probably from the purest clouds eva. Find the best places to eat, work out, and pamper yourself in Metro Manila.
#WHERE TO EAT RAINDROP CAKE IN TOKYO CRACKED#
It just kind of cracked a bit and moved like jelly. The restaurant is especially popular among young Korean students in Tokyo, and apparently numbers of Korean celebrities have visited there in private. Book between 12 and 4pm, Wednesday to Sunday, and treat yourself to the towering Japanese feast. Tomato ( ) serves authentic home cooking style Korean dishes, and it’s located about 6 mins walk from JR Shin OKubo Station. For 25 bucks youll score this mammoth creation, an ice cold Asahi and side dish of edamame snacks. The finished texture of the raindrop cake is a lot like jello but with even more wobble - some have said it looks like a silicon breast implant, something we really don’t suggest you try to eat. Except, when we poked it, it didn't actually break into water. Robata is serving what is potentially the most stacked katsu delight in Melbourne. Raindrop cake is a dish is originally from Japan and is made using water mixed with agar agar.
#WHERE TO EAT RAINDROP CAKE IN TOKYO MOVIE#
You know how when it rains and in that Pixar movie A BUGS LIFE, all the close-ups on the rain droplets showering on the ants looked pretty cool? And bubbly and big? Well, Kevin and I kind of felt like ants poking at a raindrop. Readers of our site may be well aware that we’re very much fond of tasty sweets, and luckily for us, desserts come in all shapes and sizes. It is served with a bean powder (?) and brown sugar syrup! This Raindrop Cake is inspired by the Mizu Shingen Mochi and is almost the same, but of course it's the creator, Darren Wong's take on it. Photography © by Gourmantic – Copyright: All rights reserved.Okay, once I saw this advertised to debut at the Brooklyn Smorgasburg event I knew I had to try it! It is Mizu Shingen Mochi! Okay.
So get yourself over to Harajuku Gyoza for a bit of jiggly wobbly fun before the craze dies out.
Described as “light, delicate and refreshing”, the dessert is more about texture with only a hint of sweetness and texture from the sesame powder.
The “cake” instantly dissolves on the tongue with a flavour that’s incredibly mild. The dessert looks like a large droplet of water that’s about to burst any second but it took a few attempts to break into it and scoop out the jelly. The “cake” is essentially a jiggly blob of jelly surrounded by kinako, roasted soy flour mixed with sesame powder on one side and kuromitsu, brown sugar syrup on the other. Harajuku Gyoza has jumped on the latest food craze by offering their version of The Raindrop Cake for $8. The Raindrop Cake by US chef Darren Wong, a traditional Japanese dessert inspired by Mizu Shingen Mochi has become the latest dessert sensation to hit social media. By now, you would have seen it all over the internet.
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