![]() ![]() ![]() More: Huey Magoo's Chicken Tenders planning up to 3 Northeast Florida restaurantsĪs proposed, a 1,000-square-foot space previously used by Mochi Frozen Yogurt will be renovated for the doughnut shop. More: First Wonderbird fast-food chicken restaurant takes flight in Jacksonville Beach They plan to open the brick-and-mortar Dochi shop at 4860 Big Island Drive next door to BENTO Asian Kitchen + Sushi at the Markets at Town Center, a company spokeswoman said. Mochi donuts typically have half the calories as regular cake or yeast doughnuts, the company said in announcing the project.Ĭo-founders Jason Le and Frank Phan are partnering with restaurateur brothers Jimmy and Johnny Tung to bring the Japanese doughnut shop to Jacksonville. ![]() The dough nuggets are fashioned into a small circle and then fried and glazed or topped with a variety of flavored toppings. Johns Town Center.ĭochi Japanese Mochi Donuts focuses on the light, airy and chewy fried doughnuts made with sweet rice flour popular on the West Coast and Hawaii. You can learn more about Mochi Joy Donuts at and follow them on Instagram and Facebook.A craft bakery pop-up that specializes in Japanese-style doughnuts plans to open its first permanent Northeast Florida shop this summer near St. "Or somewhere in downtown Noblesville, because I'm making my own place here in Noblesville." Whether that's inside of a grocery store, in an Asian grocery store," Nguyen said. "Once I can get enough revenue - because, again, I'm bootstrapping - to start looking for a place for my own brick and mortar somewhere. Nguyen wants to hire a few team members to help bake more donuts but also, he says, to "have as much fun as I am." But, for right now, he's working to up the number of donuts he's making per day to about 300 and getting employees in the bakery. Mochi Joy has already received requests from patrons for coffee, boba tea, Korean corn dogs, ice cream, and more. "I've gotten Japanese people to come, and other Asian people, saying like, 'I'm glad that there's an Asian business around here, and that it's gonna hopefully grow this community,'" Nguyen said. "The people here have been major supporters, big cheerleaders," Burnett said. From the VFW offering to rent their commercial kitchen to Mochi Joy to local social media influencers who have become regulars. WRTV Photo: Shakkira Harris Tom Nguyen (right) and his wife Rachel Burnett (left) is the couple behind Mochi Joy Donuts.īurnett says they've seen tremendous support in Noblesville. Burnett handles the orders, their digital needs, and everything else that comes with running a business, while Nguyen focuses solely on the donuts. Nguyen is a one-person team in the kitchen, for the time being, making 250 donuts every day. They say they're "bootstrapping" this business from the ground up. The life and business partners weren't prepared for the influx of business right from the jump. "Now I'm at the point of selling out in 2 minutes," Nguyen added. But then Tuesday hit and we've just been sold out every day," Burnett said of how fast Mochi Joy has been selling out of its donuts. When WRTV was there on Tuesday, we watched as Mochi Joy's pre-orders promptly arrived at 11:25 a.m., the receipt machine spewing out orders rapidly. The mochi donut is a Hoosier hit, as Mochi Joy has sold out every day they've been open for the last few weeks. The owners say they've sold out within minutes every day in the first few weeks of being open to the public. WRTV Photo: Shakkira Harris Mochi Joy Donuts allows pre-ordering on its website. ![]() "Once you see that shape, you know it's a mochi donut." "They're like a floral shape which, which looks like it's got like eight connected balls together," Nguyen further explained. "They're just light and soft and pillow-y," Nguyen explains of traditional mochi donuts. Just as well, the more obvious difference is the shape. They're made with rice flour and typically have fewer sugars and sweeteners than the traditional American donuts. Mochi (pronounced "MOH-chee") donuts have Japanese and Hawaiian origins and are described as crispy on the outside and chewy at the center. So, when I moved here, I was like, 'There's no mochi donut place, and I love them so much, and, I think I'm the guy to bring them out here,'" Tom Nguyen, co-owner and baker at Mochi Joy Donuts, told WRTV. "I'm from California originally, and there are many mochi donut places there. It's the first such donut shop in the Indianapolis area, and likely the state. NOBLESVILLE - A mochi donut shop opened inside the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) post in Noblesville at the end of March. ![]()
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