mochi sweets || nom nom nom mochi

FEATURED FOOD OF THE MONTH!

http://mochisweets.com.hk/eng_index.html

Shop 38, B2, Langham Place, Mong Kok, Hong Kong

 

*Photos taken with an iPhone 4. Excuse the picture quality! Sorry!*

[top left] black chocolate
[top middle] red bean
[top right] green tea
[bottom left] chocolate mousse
[bottom middle] chestnut
[bottom right] strawberry


Oh my gosh, it's so fluffy!!! I love everything Japanese. I love Japanese culture, I love Japanese boys and I love Japanese food! =D Whenever I drop by J-Town in Toronto, I always buy tons of mochi to eat.

Mochi is a traditional Japanese dessert, the most traditional flavors I know inside mochi are red bean paste and green tea filling. Mochi is a Japanese rice cake with paste/fillings inside, when you eat it, it gives you that chewy texture because it is made from glutinous rice. The ones I always eat from J-town are always sweet but I know other places like Hong Kong/Taiwan may serve mochi with shredded dried pork which is also very delicious!!!

When I went to Hong Kong, Mochi Sweets was one of my top places to go to. I have seen some of my friends took pictures of mochi sweets on facebook and seeing how Mochi Sweets placed their products on the display instantly attracted me to go there. Hey, what girl isn't attracted to colourful things? lol.

What is special about Mochi Sweets is that they offer varieties of flavours, not just only the traditional green tea or red bean paste/filling. Flavours like purple potato (aka sweet yam), chestnut cream and sakura are very creative and unique flavors. Why am I not surprised that I can only find these kind of stores in Hong Kong? Because Hong Kong is well known to get creative with their food - by giving you a whole list of different flavours to experiment with.

FYI: Most mochi range from $1.25 CAD to $1.50 CAD. (prices may change from time to time). It may be more cost efficient if you buy them in a half dozen (6 in a box) or a dozen (12 in a box).

TIP: It is best to consume the mochi when its skin is soft. Do not refreeze it after thawing.

Critique: I tried the black chocolate one and it tastes like the 70% Lindt dark chocolate candy bar. I like this flavour the most because it does not taste artificial compared to the fruity-flavored mochi strawberry. The outside of the black chocolate mochi is a layer of dark chocolate flour which is bitter but once you eat the inside, which is a filling of sweet creamy milk chocolate, the bitter/sweet flavours just clashes together and you can taste heaven. LOL.

Check it out and give them a try! :)

-Anna