Lately, whenever Ping goes to the Bubble Tea shop on Grand River Ave, Ping craved for the Mochi ice-cream. But Ping refrained herself from getting because they sell 3 of the Mochi balls for USD 3.50. Can you imagine that??? So last weekend, Ping went to Oriental Mart to get one box of the chocolate Mochi. It costs Ping USD 4.25, which is still very expensive for 6 balls of ice-cream but it's way cheaper than buying them from Bubble Tea. Ping can also take her own sweet time savoring the 6 balls instead of having to eat them all at once.
There are various different flavors but Ping's favorite is the chocolate and coffee flavor. The ice-cream is actually nothing special. The fun part is the chewy texture of the glutinous rice flour coating the ice-cream. It is actually the flour that is known as '
mochi' in Japanese.
It is the same ingredient used for most Japanese desserts. When Ping visited NYC with TT and DK, TT brought Ping to
Minamoto Kichoan on Fifth Ave. Ping quietly took a picture of the Jonamagashi. Ping couldn't resists because they look so lovely and cute! Don't think it should be eaten lah. TT bought Ping a rice cake type
Wagashi - a red-bean paste filled mochi pastry. Yum yum. No wonder Doraemon likes to eat it so much. *bleh* But don't think Ping could take too much of it because it is kinda sweet and sweet things always make Ping jelak.
TT also bought us a box of green tea Kasutera. Ping thought the Kasutera was pretty good but tt had higher expectations as tt thinks it's not very fresh. But Ping don't know a whole lot since that's only the third time Ping had Kasutera. As long as it's not made by Ping (who is disastrous at complicated baking recipes), it will be tasty. Kekeke...
Aiks..all these Japanese desserts blogging is making Ping think about
Konnyaku Jelly. It first became popular in M'sia when Ping was in college. There are stalls in Sunway Pyramid, Prangin Mall and 1 Utama selling these jelly that costs 50cents for 2 jelly!! Ping bought it once from Pyramid after whining daddy about how special the jelly is. Later, tua ee started making them and Ping got the ingredients and recipe from tua ee. Ping brought it here to the States that first time too. Ping would make them with lychee or peaches. But ever since then, Ping hasn't brought back more. Definitely have to place that in Ping's list for the next trip home (which is soon!!! and hopefully before ee ee goes to Vietnam? Cambodia?...errr...somewhere).
There are various different flavors but Ping's favorite is the chocolate and coffee flavor. The ice-cream is actually nothing special. The fun part is the chewy texture of the glutinous rice flour coating the ice-cream. It is actually the flour that is known as 'mochi' in Japanese.
It is the same ingredient used for most Japanese desserts. When Ping visited NYC with TT and DK, TT brought Ping to Minamoto Kichoan on Fifth Ave. Ping quietly took a picture of the Jonamagashi. Ping couldn't resists because they look so lovely and cute! Don't think it should be eaten lah. TT bought Ping a rice cake type Wagashi - a red-bean paste filled mochi pastry. Yum yum. No wonder Doraemon likes to eat it so much. *bleh* But don't think Ping could take too much of it because it is kinda sweet and sweet things always make Ping jelak.
TT also bought us a box of green tea Kasutera. Ping thought the Kasutera was pretty good but tt had higher expectations as tt thinks it's not very fresh. But Ping don't know a whole lot since that's only the third time Ping had Kasutera. As long as it's not made by Ping (who is disastrous at complicated baking recipes), it will be tasty. Kekeke...
Aiks..all these Japanese desserts blogging is making Ping think about Konnyaku Jelly. It first became popular in M'sia when Ping was in college. There are stalls in Sunway Pyramid, Prangin Mall and 1 Utama selling these jelly that costs 50cents for 2 jelly!! Ping bought it once from Pyramid after whining daddy about how special the jelly is. Later, tua ee started making them and Ping got the ingredients and recipe from tua ee. Ping brought it here to the States that first time too. Ping would make them with lychee or peaches. But ever since then, Ping hasn't brought back more. Definitely have to place that in Ping's list for the next trip home (which is soon!!! and hopefully before ee ee goes to Vietnam? Cambodia?...errr...somewhere).
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