Nam Dae Moon Rice Cake

No lineup when we went. Friendly staff quickly gave us an overview of the menu and what to expect. Sticky vs less sticky. Eat now while warm vs eat later. Sadly some recommended items were sold out but we still enjoyed these two items.

Absolutely delicious! New favorite Chinese dessert place in town. Made fresh, decadent tasting, the Oreo and Ferrero Roche mochi is heavenly. The owner is kind and gave me a free item. This is my go-to place now for gifts to friends and clients.

Fresh and mildly sweet. The Osmanthus rice cake was a hit with my family and pairs very nicely with a pot of tea. Their to-go bags are cute too and packaged nicely - gift-able quality!They have a variety of mochis like fresh durian, strawberry, and mango. Their Mochi Ice cream is pretty good too. I’ve been wanting to try their sandos for a while but they are so popular (and almost always sold out!). I’ll be sure to return to try it out and will try to come by earlier in the day to beat the rush. Highly recommend!

My first time trying Nam Dae Moon, unfortunately I found hair in one of my mochi and threw it away. I know it happens, but it wasn't a positive experience. Luckily I placed my order on Fantuan for pick up, and they refunded me the money after seeing the pictures and contacting Nam Dae Moon.I tried salted Oreo cream w Ferrero Rocher mochi and purple yam & taro meat floss mochi. I quite like the Oreo one, it was not too sweet and have a good balance. The purple yam one however, was a different story. Unlike the picture, the meat floss was mixed into the paste. Which probably made it easier to eat, but the texture was off-putting and the flavour was lacking. It tasted more like just taro, I'm not sure how much purple yam was actually in it.The mochi itself was decent, less the hair. The regular price was not worth it for me, at $5.99 a piece for quite a small piece, definitely overpriced. Unless they have BOGO deal again, I doubt I would go out of my way to try it.

Quite liked it. Tried the black bean glutinous rice cake and it was nice, moist, and squishy. Good sweet bean flavor and bouncy rice cake texture.I like how it's not overly sweet so you can appreciate the taste of rice in the rice cake and the bean flavor.I'd say they make a good speciality product in the rice cake domain and would come here again if I was craving rice cakes.

Staff was very friendly and helpful and the cakes themselves was beautifully displayed. I like the fact that it wasn't overly sweet, but I also found it to be very dry. Definitely not worth the price. I know they just opened, so hopefully they can adjust their recipes for a more western taste bud.

I generally like the daifuku and rice cakes here. But The Mango Pomelo Sago w/ Coconut Milk Noodles was my favourite this time. For any mango pomelo lover, this is the perfect dessert. The mochi sandwiches are also very good. Didn’t seem too have too much mochi in the sandwich but the flavour was delicious. Wish they had hot drinks, I think that would be a better pairing for the rice cakes. So probably best to take home and enjoy anyways as there is limited seating.

Honestly after I saw the place being recommended by a famous instagram influencer, so I decided to try it out with my friend. The service was great so they deserve at least one star, but the food quality was simply underwhelming.We purchased the top recommended osmathus rice cake and the egg yolk pork gloss mochi. We paid approximately $10 dollars for the rice cake and $6 dollars for the mochi. I wouldn't mind paying that much if the food was actually palatable, but unfortunately the rice cake was bland, super dry * you could choke on it, and the texture was off as it was difficult to chew. The egg yolk pork floss was tiny, tasted fishy, and had a weird aftertaste. I've never eaten something so unpalatable in my life. I honestly had high expectations for nam dae moon because of the hype. It was way below expectations. But props to them on the presentation of the food. Aesthetically I would give them a A+.In summary, would I recommend someone to go here. Probably not. If they are looking for pictures it's a great place to go, but for the food not so much. I might go back and give them one more chance, but slightly scared after my experience from today. Hopefully they improve the quality of their food.

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.