PrintSugar Rush: Tiger Roll at Hon Café
It's the strangest looking creation, right? One you'd only find at a Chinatown bakery, alongside egg white custard tarts and spongy taro rolls. For $1.50, the tiger roll is a smashing good deal—one of the more memorable treats at the relatively new Hon Café in the heart of Chinatown. The four-inch long roll features airy light chocolate sponge cake hugging a cool center of sweet, soft fudge. Covering the chocolate surface is a thin layer of whipped cream and a yellow sponge—a touch firmer and cakier than its chocolate counterpart. The surface, though, is truly the oddest part. A peelable bumpy cover mottled in various shades of brown.
Hon Café
70 Mott Street, New York NY 10013 (nr. Canal Street; map)
212-219-1431
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3 Comments:
wha? is that picture blown up or something? the whole thing for a buck fifty? hmmm... i gotta get down to chinatown!
foodinmouth at 10:59PM on 09/02/08
@ Danny: that's the actual size - can you believe it?! ^_^
Kathy YL Chan at 10:36AM on 09/03/08
i tried this... it was kinda dry :(
but it really is HUGE. so i have to try it AGAIN.
foodinmouth at 9:56AM on 09/10/08