100 Best Asian Desserts

WokFeed Rankings 2025

100 Best Asian Desserts

From Tokyo mochi to Bangkok mango sticky rice — Asia's sweet side

Rank
Dessert
Score
🥇
🇹🇭 Mango Sticky Rice
Thailand
Sweet glutinous rice, fresh mango, coconut cream. Simple, perfect, and impossible to eat just once.
4.9
★★★★★
Score
🥈
🇯🇵 Mochi Ice Cream
Japan
Chewy rice cake wrapped around ice cream. Japan transformed a 1,000-year tradition into a global phenomenon.
4.8
★★★★★
Score
🥉
🇰🇷 Bingsu
South Korea
Shaved milk ice piled high with red bean, condensed milk, fruit. Seoul's summer essential.
4.8
★★★★★
Score
4
🇭🇰 Egg Tart
Hong Kong
Flaky pastry, silky egg custard — a dim sum trolley essential that sells out before 11am.
4.7
★★★★★
Score
5
🇯🇵 Matcha Parfait
Japan
Layers of matcha ice cream, mochi, anko, and wafer. Japan's most photogenic dessert.
4.7
★★★★★
Score
6
🇲🇾 Cendol
Malaysia
Green rice jelly strips in coconut milk with gula melaka. Penang's classic in 38°C heat.
4.6
★★★★★
Score
7
🇰🇷 Tteok
South Korea
Korean rice cakes in 200+ varieties — from ceremonial to street snack. A 2,000-year tradition.
4.6
★★★★★
Score
8
🇵🇭 Halo Halo
Philippines
15 ingredients in one glass: shaved ice, jackfruit, coconut, beans, purple yam ice cream. Mix it.
4.5
★★★★★
Score
9
🇨🇳 Tang Yuan
China
Glutinous rice balls filled with black sesame or peanut paste in sweet ginger soup. Winter ritual.
4.5
★★★★★
Score
10
🇯🇵 Dorayaki
Japan
Two pancakes sandwiching sweet red bean paste. Japan's most beloved convenience store sweet.
4.5
★★★★★
Score

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