The famed Taiwanese based Money Cake Tangram food hall in Flushing. It is the first United States location for the Taiwanese brand, which also has a presence in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia and Montreal.
Making the Money Cakes
Money Cake’s round treats (called wheel cakes in Taiwan or imagawayaki or obanyaki in Japan) come in sweet or savory options. They’re made fresh with waffle batter and fillings like red bean, taro, custard or matcha varieties that can also incorporate Ferrero Rocher candies and Oreo cookies. Special, only in New York options will include pepperoni pizza and chicken pesto, with new, rotating flavors each month. Offerings will be limited until April 6, when the full menu becomes available.
I checked out the shop on its soft opening day. The fillings are primarily imported from Taiwan including the matcha. They make batches of their wheel cakes as fresh as possible. During the last half hour before they open shop at 12 PM noon, there’s a lot of interested customers peering through and eager to buy their cakes.
The wheel cakes I tried were delightful, featuring flavors like red bean, red bean matcha, matcha custard, taro, and pure matcha. I appreciated they were all subtly sweet. In my view, the standout flavor was definitely the red bean; its robust flavor and chunky texture clearly indicated the presence of red bean paste. However, I felt that the matcha and custard flavors could have been more pronounced. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the chance to try their New York-inspired pizza-flavored wheel cake, but I’m look forward to experiencing it in the near future.
Information:
Money Cake
Official Website
Address:
Tangram
133-33 39th Ave
2nd Floor, FH22
Queens, NY 11354
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