For a quick lunch a couple of days ago, I stopped into a dumpling bar near NYU that I recently read about. What I wasn’t expecting was a dessert dumpling to be included on their menu.

The dumpling consisted of a shell of chewy, gelatinous rice cake that was rolled in black sesame seeds and filled with dark Swiss chocolate. After being deep-fried to order, the center became a fudgy, gooey mess and the sesame seeds took on a toasty flavor. It reminded me of a cross between a molten chocolate cake and a Chinese sesame ball—a perfect combination of east-meets-west cuisine!

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