If you do go to Skillet, you have to try their Chicken Pot Pie. So, if you’re looking for traditional Japanese dishes, you’ll have to go elsewhere. Skillet Japanese Cafe & Bistro serves westernized Japanese cuisine. There is only one restaurant here in Cebu that serves the Raindrop Cake, or Dew Droplet Cake as they call it, and they only serve 10 cakes a day.Īnd the restaurant that I am talking about is… It is said to fall apart after thirty minutes, so you have to eat it (or take photos) fast. I could liken its taste to that of taho, the popular Filipino snack, probably because of the flavors from the syrup and soy, but it’s more refreshing. Not only does it look and feel like water but it is also calorie free. The water cake is being served at Smorgasburg, the popular outdoor market in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, where it goes by the name of raindrop cake. But with the toasted soy flour and syrup, this dessert is actually quite delicious. This sphere-like raindrop cake (or water cake) known as Mizu Shingen Mochi that blew up the internet last fall. The water “cake” doesn’t have any flavor. But we no longer have to keep wondering what it tastes like because we finally have it here in Cebu!ĭon’t know what it is? Watch this video to find out. Others are showing off their artistic side and are turning these cakes into fancy art deco cakes.ĭecorating raindrop cakes can also be a fun activity with the kids.Earlier this year, we saw a video about a Japanese dessert that became a craze in New York – the Raindrop Cake. Raindrop cake dragon ball version anyone? Some add color and flavor by using fruit juice instead of water or even food dye and flavoring. Some add vodka instead of water or even fruit juices for more flavor and color, while others really take it to the next level and become decorative with their cakes. It is fat-free calorie-free, gluten-free, sugar-free and salt-free, making it a very healthy and yummy alternative for those with many food restrictions.īut aside from being a guilt-free dessert, people are also experimenting with their own flavors and ways to spruce up the raindrop cake. Agar is a seaweed extract and is commonly used as a gelling or solidifying agent. Some people compare its consistency to Jell-O. The cake itself is chewy and soft due to its two ingredients: water and agar. The Original Raindrop Cake with special Kinako and Kuromitsu topping The delicate cake dissolves in your mouth and is flavored with spring cherry blossoms, syrup and roasted soybean flour. It is completely transparent and then topped with special Japanese flavors like Kinako (sweet roasted soybean flour) and Kuromitsu or “black honey” which is basically brown sugar syrup. This unique low-calorie dessert looks and tastes like a giant raindrop. The cake took its name from the fact that it looks like a raindrop or a morning dew. The raindrop cake is created by Asian chef and entrepreneur Darren Wong and first introduced in the streets of New York. Have you ever wished to gorge yourself into some cake without feeling guilty? Like if there is just a cake somewhere that is zero calories, fat-free, gluten-free, and vegan-friendly you can die happy? Or perhaps when you were a kid you tried drinking raindrops (no? just me? Okay 🙁 ) Well here’s a realization of that! Meet the newest food wave to hit the internet, the Raindrop Cake!
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