Rice Cake Master 南大門

Unfortunately, I have to give this place 3 stars because it’s hit or miss. We love the Osmanthus cake, but it has to be eaten fresh—don’t keep it overnight or it loses its texture and flavor. The durian and mango mochi are also really good, but again, best when eaten right away. On the other hand, we didn’t like the soybean glutinous rice cake it was hard and too dry. The black kernel rice cake was also disappointing. And this isn’t based on just one try; we gave both a few chances, hoping they’d be better. That said, we’ll continue to come back for the things we do enjoy!

The first time I came here I was quite disappointed. The mochi was very hard. I decided to give it a second chance since my first visit which was a year ago. So this time I got the mango mochi, osmanthus drink, and the soybean mochi. I’d say the soybean mochi is my fav, the mochi is a little dense and too thick, but the soybean flavour is good. The mochi was a bit watery so I’m not sure if the mango was going bad for it to be watery (it was really ripe), and the osmanthus drink was just unpalatable. It was bland and slimy. To sum it up, I don’t think I’d come back.

After dinner, we got some bubble tea, and still looking for some dessert. We decided to try some Mochi. Red bean mochi rolls r sold out already, but we tried a strawberry Mochi, taro-yam Mochi, and fruits covered sugar. They r not too sweet, and Mochi was very soft and chewy. Pretty good.

🍡 RICE CAKE MASTER 🍡 Rice Cake Master is a mochi shop that has been around for years. Specializing in steamed and glutinous rice cakes, you can find a variety of traditional flavours. I personally really enjoyed the steamed Osmanthus Rice Cake. The light floral flavour was super refreshing, and the chewy but firm texture of the rice cake was right up my alley. Their Black Blean Glutinous Rice Cake was my second favourite. It was so chewy and stretchy, perfect for people who love that chewy soft texture (糯叽叽). They have a ton of new menu items like Snow Skin Cake, giant fruit Daifuku, and mochi cakes.

There were many options for rice cakes, such as black sesame, red bean, soybean, osmanthus etc. There were also fruit mochis, and we got the mango mochi. We didn’t realize the mango was frozen, so when eating it the mango was crunchy with ice crystals, and it wasn’t the best. The soybean mochi we also got was better and was very soft. It tasted a little like peanuts.

We were just passing by and decided to check this out. We weren’t planning to buy anything but my 3 year old saw this strawberry and cream mochi dessert so we tried it. It was good. Not too sweet and good balance between fresh cream and mochi and short cake with strawberries. It wasn’t busy on a Sunday afternoon around 2pm. They have seating for about 10 total. A person came in after us and ordered 6 of these in different varieties for a party.

The osmanthus rice cakes were fine. But there was mold on one of the strawberries. The staff exchanged a new one for us, it still tasted stale and not like fresh strawberries. Their food safety control is concerning..

Excellent staff but what I had this afternoon was rough - both the osmanthus and oreo rice cakes were dry and had the wrong chew…maybe they were a tad too old or maybe it’s the heat wave? We both had them seconds after walking out the store though. The red bean glutinous rice cake was decent. Perhaps I will give the other items a try in the future.