Keki Modern Cakes
Bakery · Chinatown
79 Mott St, New York, NY 10013
Highlights
Artisanal Japanese cheesecakes, bouncy & light, plus cream puffs
Artisanal Japanese cheesecakes, bouncy & light, plus cream puffs
"Do you remember the moment in Jurassic Park when a girl’s spoonful of green jello trembles wildly as she spots a velociraptor? Here’s our pitch for the (next) reboot: Same exact moment, but swap in some equally jiggly—and significantly more delicious—bouncy Osaka-style cheesecake. We nominate Keki, a bakery with locations in Chinatown and Koreatown, as the on-set supplier. Their cheesecakes—available in two flavors, original and ube—are what we imagine biting into a cloud would feel like." - molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, bryan kim
"Do you remember the moment in Jurassic Park when the girl’s spoonful of green Jell-O trembles wildly as she spots a velociraptor? Here’s our pitch for the (next) reboot: Same exact moment, but swap in some equally jiggly—and significantly more delicious—bouncy Osaka-style cheesecake. We nominate Keki, a bakery with locations in Chinatown and Koreatown, as the on-set supplier. Their cheesecakes are more or less what we imagine biting into a cloud would feel like." - molly fitzpatrick, bryan kim, will hartman, willa moore, neha talreja
"Do you remember the moment in Jurassic Park when a girl’s spoonful of green jello trembles wildly as she spots a velociraptor? Here’s our pitch for the (next) reboot: Same exact moment, but swap in some equally jiggly—and significantly more delicious—bouncy Osaka-style cheesecake. We nominate Keki, a bakery with locations in Chinatown and Koreatown, as the on-set supplier. Their cheesecakes—available in two flavors, original and ube—are what we imagine biting into a cloud would feel like." - molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, bryan kim
"Keki’s Modern Cakes is a Japanese cheesecake shop that serves one flavor of soft serve (it’s usually “Amish Cream,” which is just intense vanilla). This is some of the purest dairy we’ve had the pleasure of eating. You want it." - hannah albertine, emma, bryan kim, katherine lewin, hillary reinsberg, matt tervooren
"Moul Kim and Lawrence Wai Keki set up Keki Modern Cakes in Chinatown after traveling through Asia and seeing how popular Japanese cheesecakes were overseas. They recruited Kevin Kim as their executive chef, who spent time at Per Se and Nobu, to help bring this cheesecake sensation to New York. Keki is famed for its “bouncy” cheesecake, where the consistency is more spongy than cheesy. While we prefer the ube flavor, the cheesecakes come in an original flavor as well, and these have a slightly bouncier texture." - izzy chen, team infatuation
