Comments on: Mochi Madness: Part One

By: Lea Hernandez

Lea Hernandez — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:29:49 +0000

Thanks for writing about this. The inflatable makes me laugh, and…reminds me of We <3 Katamari at the same time.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:43:17 +0000

@Pockypimp, that sounds like a painless way to get your kinako hookup! I take it you’re a fan of that tasty powder, yes?

By: Pockypimp

Pockypimp — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:39:03 +0000

For the kinako mochi there is another way of doing it that I prefer really. I boil the mochi and when it’s soft I take it out and drop it on a plate with a soup spoon worth of kinako on it (then it doesn’t stick to the plate). Then I dump a little more kinako on top.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:59:54 +0000

I’ve heard of mochi getting stuck in people’s throats, -mochi. Bad news, that. I’ve also heard how people remove said mochi with a vacuum cleaner. Whether that’s true or not, it’s still a damn funny image to have in one’s mind…

By: mochi

mochi — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:51:54 +0000

Mochi is one of my favorite foods whether roasted, in soup, etc.
This is one reason why I chose it as my webname.
My wife on the other hand is not a big fan of it…even though
she is Japanese…in part because it is hard to swallow. That
reminds me of a scene from a movie, “Tampopo”, where mochi
gets stuck in someone’s throat…very funny scene. If you haven’t
seen the movie, I would recommend it as an interesting and funny
look at food in modern Japanese society.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:26:51 +0000

-Zingor, have you toasted mochi before like this? Did the International Market back in C’Dale have mochi? I don’t remember them having this style of mochi, although they might have had the pink and white frozen variety.

I love mochi, so filling and ricey…

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:24:09 +0000

-super rats, I still haven’t tried the mochi ice cream although I’ve had many a chance to buy it. I think it’s the price or the fact that I’m usually only stopping by the Asian grocery store on my way to other things.I can’t exactly have mochi that’ll melt in my backseat.

I will try it this summer, however, since it’s too damn cold to even think of ice cream, IMO. This weather is daifulu weather. Daifuku that’s been nuked for 10 seconds…mmmmm.

By: zingor

zingor — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:00:37 +0000

I have yet to find a form of mochi that I like, but the abekawa mochi looks interesting. I’ll have to try that.

By: super rats

super rats — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:53:15 +0000

I’m not much a fan of regular mochi, but ice cream mochi is awesome. It’s just mochi stuffed with ice cream. Coffee ice cream is the one I like best wrapped in mochi. The mochi has this great texture when it’s frozen.