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"A pink-and-yellow mother-and-daughter onigiri café that started in Chelsea in 2012, pivoted to desserts during the pandemic, and recently returned to hand-shaped rice balls; offerings include a simply salted shio musubi and inventive fillings like mentaiko with cheese and Kewpie wrapped in shiso, plus combos (two onigiri with miso soup, a small side — e.g., sesame spinach — and tamago for $16) that arrive quickly and make for a light but complete meal; standout bites included a sukiyaki onigiri flecked with sweet-savory beef and juicy soy-ginger marinated fried chicken, both wrapped in seaweed that softens against chewy short-grain rice." - Tammie Teclemariam