I am not a fan of mochi nor am I into those Chinese glutinous rice balls, the tang yuan (汤圆) but I do enjoy our Malaysian coconut-coated kueh Melaka or onde-onde…
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…but only those with lots of gula Melaka (palm sugar) inside and it squirts out when you bite into it!
However, in the case of mochi, I will make an exception when it comes to those so-very-nice Nestum-coated ones with peanut butter filling…
…all the way from a bakery in Sarikei but at RM6.50 per pack at this shop here round the corner from my house, you wouldn’t catch me hopping over to grab a pack or two all that often.
My good friend, Lim, dropped by my house a few days ago – he just got back from Sarikei on official business and he passed me a packet of the mochi. He said that he remembered me saying how I loved them so he got me a pack…
“Oh dear!” I exclaimed, “We can buy that here in the next lane!”
However, according to him, there are other types of filling. Hmmmm…I did not know that! Obviously, those with the peanut butter are not the only ones available, just that we can only get one flavour here. He got me a pack of assorted flavours…but they all looked identical and he did not know which was which – I would just have to eat to find out.
This is chocolate…
…but no, it did not tickle my fancy – very sweet.
I quite liked this one – the black sesame…
…and I wouldn’t mind having those sometimes for a change from the peanut butter ones…
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…that I enjoy so much.
Thank you so much, Lim – that was so very sweet of you to remember me. I was wondering if it would be much cheaper to buy from the place of origin but he could not remember how much he paid for the mochi – guys are like that, present company included. We forget what we have paid for something the moment we step out of the place. LOL!!!
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 