![]() (Photos courtesy of Selene Garcia) Cibele’s Ice Creamīe it sweet, savory, spicy or sour (or a combination of the above), Cibele’s Ice Cream caters to just about any little craving you might have. In Menlo Park, Garcia and her business partner Carlos Peña serve antojitos inspired by their hometowns in Mexico. ![]() B Street, San Mateo 650.458.3041 “Our theme is what our culture is all about and Hispanic heritage,” says Selene Garcia of Cibele’s Ice Cream. You can add sugar, potato or Hot Cheetos to the mix too. If you crave something salty to go with the sweet, Mochinut also serves hot dogs, encrusted in a rice flour batter. Boba and packaged fruit milks and soy milks are also available. Currently, they don’t have gluten-free, vegan or dairy-free mochi donut options, though the team hopes to add those in the future. On the local menu, featured mochi donut flavors include strawberry, honeydew, tiramisu and cinnamon sugar. A second Peninsula location is planned for Palo Alto. Today, there are more than a dozen locations in Los Angeles, and just one in the Bay Area, and that’s in the Peninsula’s own San Mateo. With a focus on mochi donuts and other sweet and savory snacks, Mochinut is expanding its international franchise beyond South Korea and Thailand, with plans to open upwards of 90 in the United States. Pâte à Choux // 1150 El Camino Real Suite 205, San Bruno 650.576.4915 International chain Mochinut opened its first Bay Area location in San Mateo, serving mochi donuts. Co-owner Michelle Ko says she expects to continually evolve the menu, introducing new flavors, and maybe even new puff shapes. There are also limited edition special items, like mochi brûlée and berry puff cakes. Flavors include original, chocolate, matcha, yogurt, black sesame and hojicha. To maintain the puff’s delicate texture, the team fills each puff with smooth custard as customers order. Some have a cream or cupcake-inspired top. The family-owned Páte à Choux in The Shops at Tanforan brings a passion for cream puffs to the Peninsula.Ĭustomers can choose between a classic puff pastry, or one that incorporates chocolate for a flavor that’s very rich, and just a little bit bitter, and not too sweet. (Photos courtesy Michelle Ko) Pâte à Choux Right: A coconut cream puff and a black sesame cream puff. Left: Cream puffs with chocolate and vanilla custard. The family-owned Pâte à Choux opened in San Bruno. When her restaurant closed in the pandemic, Michelle Ko pivoted to the art of making cream puffs, striving for perfection in texture and flavor. “It’s a dream come alive that we’ve slowly put together,” says Selene Garcia of Cibele’s Ice Cream. Fortunately, hot summer months call for ice cream, and business has started to pick up. International chains like Mochinut and Yomie’s X Rice Yogurt established Peninsula outposts, and the locally founded Cibele’s Ice Cream, Pâte à Choux and SF Gelateria represent a vision fulfilled for their owners as they pushed through the added challenges of opening an eatery during the pandemic. The latest eateries to join the abundance of sweets on the Peninsula hail from both abroad and home, each adding their own creative twist to beloved favorites. Whether you crave a warm chocolate chip cookie, fresh fruit, a delicately decadent cream puff or creamy gelato, these new arrivals have you covered. This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.Dig into fresas con crema, gelato, cream puffs, chocolate chip cookies, purple rice yogurt and more… Mochinut magic. ![]() The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". ![]() These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. ![]()
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