3. Sundaes and Cones
8.9
95 E 10th St (btwn 3rd & 4th Ave), New York, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · East Village · 293 tips and reviews
Ariel Gu: Lovely flavors. Love the sesame one and wasabi is interesting for trying as well.
Christine Y.: Recommended flavors: Thai tea, taro, sesame, lychee and strawberry cheesecake.
Diana Fu: Sesame ice cream is the best flavor here. Also, their ice cream cakes are delicious and so unique!
4. Cha-An Teahouse 茶菴
8.8
230 E 9th St Fl 2 (btwn 2nd Ave & Stuyvesant St), New York, NY
Tea Room · East Village · 197 tips and reviews
agnes chan: The savory meal sets are delicious. My favorite cozy spot for tea and yummy light desserts. And black sesame crème brûlée is awesome.
Sophia Liu: Black sesame creme brûlée and black sesame ice cream! Included in the Chef's Selection Dessert Sampler pictured.
Dina Rughani: Get the tuna tataki donburi, the smoked salmon toast, and the sesame creme brulee. The tea is very good as well.
5. Taiyaki NYC
8.0
119 Baxter St (btwn Canal & Hester St), New York, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Little Italy · 91 tips and reviews
Kayleigh Harrington: The straight outta Japan has a delicious swirl of black sesame and matcha ice cream with mochi, red bean paste and a chocolate wafer. The cone is a taiyaki cake! Served warm and delicious.
Barrila Twins: The matcha and black sesame swirl is amazing
Melissa Yu: You pick the ice cream (matcha sesame obvss), filling, 2 toppings and drizzle for $7. Plus an adorable photo worth grammin' 👍🏼
6. Soft Swerve Ice Cream
8.6
85B Allen St (btwn Grand & Broome St), New York, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Lower East Side · 75 tips and reviews
Laura Chin: Sesame matcha swirl is my favorite but the ube is fun too!
Kate Furman: Ube is a must if you haven't tried it already, but the matcha green tea / black sesame swirl is also amazing. You can get multiple flavors in a large cup if you want to try them all.
Chad Horner: tasty instagram bait: asian-influenced soft serve flavors (ube, matcha, black sesame) with some fun toppings like marshmallows and fruity pebbles
7. Sakagura
9.1
211 E 43rd St Lowr Level (btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave), New York, NY
Sake Bar · Turtle Bay · 223 tips and reviews
Jen Lee: Order the Ebi Shinjo, Saikoro Steak, and Black Sesame Cream Brulee. Don't forget to take home some homemade truffles.
New York Habitat: Amazing sake selection and the authentic food is great for a quick, casual lunch. We recommend the onsen tomago, sakagura special, and black sesame ice cream.
Jackie Cho: Hidden gem in Midtown East. Daikon salad, stewed diced pork belly, black sesame creme brûlée, and amazing sake collection!
Sebastian Mawira: Black Sesame and Salted Caramel are excellent. The Grumpy coffee is great - I get it at least once a day.
New York Habitat: White everything at this lab-like ice cream shop. A cool, modern atmosphere serving up unique and delicious ice cream. We love the honey lavender and black sesame!
Teresa: The best black sesame gelato/ice cream that I've ever had! Passion fruit, dark chocolate & toasted white sesame are delicious as well! Flavors change daily so get the black sesame if you see it.
11. Absolute Bagels
9.0
2788 Broadway (at W 108th St), New York, NY
Bagel Shop · Upper West Side · 294 tips and reviews
Nicole Christie: Best bagels in new york-- warm sesame with salmon and chive cream cheese--OMG...
Carla Moscoso: If you see a line, don't worry. It goes by super quick. Straight out the oven freshness. Everything & Sesame is the best in NYC.
Ramón Taylor: Get everything they have: Egg bagel & strawberry cream cheese; multigrain & egg salad; sesame & jalapeño cream cheese...all so fresh, so good; you can see the dough mixing process before your eyes.
12. sweetgreen
9.3
8 E 18th St, New York, NY
Salad Restaurant · Union Square · 61 tips and reviews
Rita Jammet: The new Bento Bowl salad is amazing! steelhead salmon, organic wild rice, organic baby spinach, cucumber, shredded cabbage, tomato, nori furikake, miso sesame ginger dressing
Stacy Jolly: Clean, quick and great quality. I recommend the miso sesame ginger dressing - obsessed!
Jonah Engler: Miso sesame ginger is my go to. Food is season, simple and healthy. Won't spoil your New Year's resolutions.
14. Ippudo
8.8
65 4th Ave (btwn E 9th & E 10th St), New York, NY
Ramen Restaurant · Greenwich Village · 1166 tips and reviews
Matt Hantz: Although the signature ramen is awesome, my favorite two dishes are the Hirata Buns, which rival those at Momofuko, and the Yamitsuki Goma Kyuri, cucumber in an amazing sesame sauce.
Sparkie: What to Order: Akamaru Modern ramen, with miso paste, pork chashu, cabbage, sesame kikurage, mushrooms, scallions, and fragrant garlic oil.
What's Good Here: Get this. Akamaru Modern - silky "Tonkotsu" (pork) soup noodles topped w/ Ippudo's secret "Umami Dama" miso paste, pork chashu, cabbage, sesame kikurage mushrooms, scallions, & fragrant garlic oil
15. Bibble & Sip
8.5
253 W 51st St (btwn Broadway & 8th Ave), New York, NY
Coffee Shop · Theater District · 266 tips and reviews
Heba-I-am: The black sesame and white chocolate cream puff is delicious. It's not overly sweet and the black sesame gives an interesting flavor, never tasted anything similar. Look at how much cream is in there
Roger Chen: Awesome desserts. The cream puffs, black sesame or matcha, are both winners. Seating is atrocious. Everyone is like a stool vulture!
Jimmy Lu: Coffee is good, egg brûlée tart is great, and black sesame cream puff is amazing