Smorgasburg Brooklyn

If you're lucky enough to be in Brooklyn on a Saturday or Sunday from April through October, you will definitely want to stop by Smorgasburg Brooklyn.  It's the largest gathering of food trucks in the country, up to 100 vendors, which attracts 20,000-30,000 people each weekend.  Brooklyn is one of the foodie capitals of the world right now, and you will find every old and new at this gathering.

Darren Wong is a New York chef who has a booth at Smorgasburg, where he is exciting guests with his raindrop cake.  The cake was inspired by traditional mizu shingen mochi from Japan.  It is light and delicate and has no calories.  It's a jiggl, translucent ball made from water and agr.  Some people add a little sugar.  It is molded and refrigerated, then served in a ball with sugar syrup and roasted soy flour.  It doesn't sound like much, but it is intriguing.  There are lots of recipes out there, but apparently it's a little tricky to get the right consistency.  I have not seen it on the west coast, but my guess is it will be here soon.  If you're adventurous, get a recipe and try to make it.  Better yet, go to Brooklyn and try the rainbow cake made by Darren Wong.  It's exciting that there's always something new in food.  We won't like everything, but if I have a chance I will give rainbow cake a try.