My Jaded Palate: MOF の Japanese Sweets

Having last stepped into Pavillion KL few months back, I was in town recently and decided to pop over to check if there were any new outlets or boutiques that had opened since my last visit. Yes, there were, and two new additions happened to be in the Gourmet Emporium. One was a dessert station, MOF.

MOF の Japanese Desserts is a simple looking glass station (similar to の) surrounded by two wall panels. Its ceiling is adorned by Japanese art, and fully-blown up coloured photographs of the delicacies and desserts offered on its walls. The use of dark red colour and with wooden tables and chairs and comfy sofas give the place a relaxing and unpretentious setting.

MOF or Ministry of Food in full, offers an wide range of desserts, both hot and cold. Generally priced quite reasonably, Adrian and I decided to try these colourful, mouth-watering sweet treats. he ordered the Abekawa, a hot hot dessert of oven-baked mochi served with sweet red bean paste. A signature number priced at RM11, the mochi had fragrant,crusty outer layer with soft, chewy inside. Bland on its own, they went so well with the sweet red bean paste with added fragrance by the soy powder.

Abekawa

I had the Macha Imo, literally means green tea potato, which was soft, fine Hokkaido milk gelato served with green tea sauce, red bean paste and air-flown Japanese sweet potatoes. Also a signature dessert priced at RM11, this number came with instructions on how to enjoy. When we saw it, we thought perhaps we might have seemed 'ignorant' that they felt compelled to 'teach' us how to savour it. One is to scoop a bit of everything in the bowl - the cold gelato, the red bean paste and the warm sweet potatoes - and enjoy!

Macha Imo with instructions to enjoy

At the back of the menu, to our delight, we discovered that there was no added artificial flavourings or colourings, preservatives, chemicals or MSG (as Ramen and other Japanese food are served in other MOF outlets) in any of the items offered by MOF. :)