PATISSERIE TOMOKO Tomoko Kato, Cha-An’s opening chef, now has her own dessert bar near McCarren Park. Besides three-course tastings, she sells cookies, quiches, breads, and very pretty Japanese-influenced desserts like sliced green tea cake roll to go.

For those seeking more modest, relaxed surroundings, Patisserie Tomoko, a half-bakery, half-dessert bar, opened in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in November with a dessert prix fixe ($12 to $16) available at a counter beneath space-age lamps. The pastry chef and owner, Tomoko Kato, is still settling in, and only a few desserts are available on any given […]