Soo Bing Bing – Raindrop Cake Lands In Singapore At Westgate
Feature - Review, Food - Cafe, Singapore - West
June 20, 2016
The silicon ‘implant’ lookalike Raindrop Cake has become the talk on social media with its QQ, bo-ing, bo-ing, wobbly texture. Originated in Japan and known as Mizu Shinken Mochi, the raindrop cake is not a cake. Made from seaweed agar (a gelatin-like substance), it will dissolve into a puddle of “rain” within 30 minutes at room temperature. What’s so special about it? Isn’t it just an agar jelly? The texture of the Raindrop Cake is different as it dissolves and melts on the tongue, just like swallowing a raindrop. The Raindrop Cake itself is tasteless, to mimic the taste......
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