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Hareruya Pantry

Japanese desserts like mochi-wrapped gelato.

Emma Breheny
Emma Breheny

Hareruya Pantry specialises in Japanese desserts.
1 / 3Hareruya Pantry specialises in Japanese desserts.Supplied
Gelato-filled mochi, sandos, bentos and musubi.
2 / 3Gelato-filled mochi, sandos, bentos and musubi. Supplied
Outside the Carlton shop.
3 / 3Outside the Carlton shop.Supplied

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Texture-lovers will delight in this Japanese shop’s mochi-wrapped scoops, ice-cream sandwiches on rice wafers called monaka, and the hunks of strawberry swirled through other flavours. Some are bold and savoury (such as the strong matcha using tea from Tokyo); others are light and fruity (see the coconut with mikan, a Japanese citrus fruit). Use the menu’s abstract illustrations to help you choose, or ask smiling staff for a taste.

Must-try scoop: Genmaicha (roasted brown rice and green tea) with mochi pearls and kuromitsu (similar to molasses).

Emma BrehenyEmma BrehenyEmma is Good Food’s Melbourne eating out and restaurant editor.

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