Mochi Mochi
If you like to eat palitao, or the bilo-bilo (rice balls) in guinataan, you would love eating Japanese mochi!
According to wikipedia, “Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and molded into shape. In Japan it is traditionally made in a ceremony called mochitsuki.”
“Many types of traditional wagashi (Japanese traditional sweets) are made with mochi. For example, daifuku is a soft round mochi stuffed with sweet filling, such as sweetened red bean paste (an) or white bean paste (shiro an).
Kusa mochi is a green variety of mochi flavored with yomogi (mugwort). When daifuku is made with kusa mochi, it is called yomogi daifuku.
This Yomogi Daifuki is smaller than the palm of my hand…
…and has a red bean filling inside…
But don’t let that small size fool you! Like our “kakanins” back home, they are very heavy on the stomach! Very sticky too! Actually, elderly people are discouraged from eating mochi. In Japan, many elderly people have died from choking on mochi! Gasp!
What I want to try next is the ichigo daifuku, a version containing a whole strawberry inside! Sounds yum! 
April 11th, 2008 at 3:38 am
funny isn’t it? you’d think that something as sweet and simple as mochi would be pretty easy to eat. but even kids can choke on them! :O
that’s not going to keep me from eating them tho.
April 12th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
I love Mochi!!! Since I couldn’t read Japanese, the fillings are always a surprise for me. XD
April 13th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
yikes… the mochi looks yummy but it’s deadly pala.
April 18th, 2008 at 8:59 am
o0o0o this is sooo YUM! I eat it everytime I see it lol! And my granny makes the best guinataan, the bili-bilo is too plain though, the mochi is better I think
I also love the mochi ice cream! I’m hungry now heehee!