Warabimochi Kamakura

Paired with their homemade whipped cream topping, azuki and their special kuromitsu warabimochi base, the Asakawa-en Matcha ($5.90/ Small) was not too milky but unfortunately pretty mild in tea flavour. Most of the sweetness came from the caramel-like flavoured mochi which had a texture that reminded me of soft grass jelly. A little bland overall so I would probably stick to getting their warabimochi boxes (limited to 2 per pax).

Rolled in premium kinako (soybean) powder, Warabimochi Kamakura’s freshly made, hand-cut and hand-tossed mochi was the real deal - I say just go straight for the 10-piece Box ($14.90/ $17.90 wooden) every time. Light, soft and delicately chewy with a silken finish, the warabimochi didn’t taste cloying at all. Though I usually avoid the Kuromitsu, their black sugar syrup was also fragrant and added a very pleasant sweetness. I joined the queue slightly before they opened for the day so many people had the same idea of beating the queue and it was like a 20-minute wait but the snaking line moved pretty fast!

Queued 1hr on the recent public holiday for this viral warabimochi from Japan to understand the hype and it is… understood 😂. But probably not worth the crazy wait in the heat so would say go off peak or to the second outlet where the queue seems shorter.

𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐢 (5⭐️; $7.90) - One of the better textures of mochi available here; soft, lightly chewy and with a melt-in-the-mouth finish. Generously coated with fragrant kinako powder.

For the drinks, we preferred the more unique and refreshing 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐭 (4⭐️; $7.90) with the tangy creamy yogurt balanced with sweet-sour strawberry mochi and puree. The 𝐀𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐚-𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐚 (3.5⭐️; $5.90) was aromatic natural-tasting matcha paired with brown sugar chewy mochi. Lo Personally found them to blend less well together than the former. The mochi here was a tad too sweet and overpowered the umami matcha.

They really are good. It's soft yet hadmore bite than normal, it's very voluminous

But honestly, how good can it be? Not worth queueing so long lol. The queue is now reasonable with the opening of their second outlet. It's about 10 ppl long on a weekday night and took about 10-15mins

There's shredded mochi inside, but overall it was meh. Not much body

super nice!! each piece was q big and the mochi was sooo soft and stretchy. the fine roasted soy bean (kinako) powder was fragrant complemented the mochi v well. loved this hehe