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Following this formulae, not a day goes by that one does not see the Dough Club’s mochi doughnuts posted on Instagram. Note, for example, Momofuku Milk Bar, which we have previously reviewed (see here). If there’s a tried-and-tested marketing plan for attracting the Instagram generation, it would be this: paint a shop in white and pink, make sure to include some neon signage and install bright lighting fixtures. Short and sweet story: Mochi doughnut ($3).Dessert destination: Dough Club, Chinatown/Nolita, Manhattan.(If you are not enchanted by Alimama’s doughnuts, do try the bubble tea cream puff, which we previously reviewed here. Also, do note that Alimama’s mochi doughtnut creations are the more dear of the other mochi doughnut offerings in NYC. Be warned that Alimama’s interpretation of this Japanese dessert craze is ultra-chewy. The silvery chocolate one is our favourite, though for the matcha lover, we have no hesitation in recommending the particularly intense matcha mochi doughnut. In any case, over several visits, we have sampled a few of the flavours available at Alimama, most of which are painted in shimmering, almost cosmic colours. These Dessert Correspondents however, are not entirely persuaded that Peter Pan‘s simpler fried dough creations can be beaten. Opening in early 2018, almost two years ago now, Alimama was - in our recollection - the first place in NYC to offer “mochi doughnuts.” If you are craving something slightly lighter than the hyper-glazed saccharine doughnuts from the likes of Dough or Doughnut Plant, this may be an idea. Short and sweet story: Mochi doughnut ($4).Dessert destination: Alimama, Chinatown, Manhattan.green tea, yuzu, sakura, strawberry etc). Slightly overpriced for the tiny dessert satay that you receive though, the dango balls come in a variety of rotating flavours (e.g. If you don’t have the time for a plated mochi dessert, or the stomach space for a full mochi doughnut, another option is mochi on a stick – also known as “ dango.” The only place that we know of in NYC that offers dango is Cha-An’s smaller sister store, located adjacent to the teahouse.

Dessert destination: Cha-An Bon Bon, East Village, Manhattan.By contrast, the “ Mochi Mochi” features a large scoop of hojicha ice cream and several types of mochi, the rice-based shiratamamamochi and the more jelly-like, powdery green tea warabimochi cubes. Contained within a small vessel, it is further layered with a sweet syrup to balance the slightly bitter, earthy hojicha tones. For example, the “Hojicha Anmitsu” is essentially three different textures of hojicha tea – jelly, mochi and ice cream. For reasonably-priced elegant Japanese desserts, there’s no better spot in NYC. As we have blogged before, Cha-An Teahouse is one of our favourite dessert spots in NYC, a little sanctuary away from the crowds… although on a recent visit, the ambience was somewhat more raucous than we last remembered.

Even if the results can sometimes be rather perplexing, dessert creativity that transcends borders is always something worth a little stomach space, we think! As we review below, one can increasingly find traditional “mochi” balls in a number of places, as well as more contemporary inventions that fuse a Western sensibility with the Japanese tradition – “mochi doughnuts,” for example.

Although we have yet to spot such high-falutin sweets in NYC (or indeed, elsewhere outside of Japan itself), another form of Japanese dessert has become increasingly popular across NYC. We have previously written a photographic narrative and a guide to Japanese wagashi sweets, Lilliputian works of art that are the “Jimmy Choos” of the Japanese dessert world.