Went to a Five Below near my apartment, and saw they had some mochi in their little international section. I’d always wanted to try it, and since it was Ube flavored, which is one of my favorite flavors, I decided to pick it up.
When I opened the package and got out a piece, I was surprised to feel the texture of it. It felt like a less sticky version of a gummy candy, and it kind of made me concerned. For context, I’m someone who doesn’t really enjoy foods that are extremely chewy or tough or anything. It’s like a sensory type thing that I just can’t deal with. So, she. I bit into the mochi, I was completely taken back by the chewiness. It felt so weird and I had to struggle to swallow the bite I had. Granted, the first bite was one where i didn’t get any of the filling, a sword bean paste, so I took a second but to try and get the filling, only for my body to completely reject the sensation and make me spit it out.
Now, I will admit that this was my first time, and maybe it’s an acquired taste, but I just wanted to ask if this was what was supposed to happen? Like is every kind of mochi I’ll potentially try in the future going to be like that? Because I’ve heard that the “Q” mochi is a bit different from traditional mochi, and I’ve wanted to try the My Mochi ice cream for a while, but if it just has the same texture as the one I tried, i won’t be able to enjoy it.
by SimpleSymonds1126
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I’m no expert but I have had a lot of mochi. It is supposed to be chewy. The ice cream mochi tend to be a little less chewy, in my opinion anyway, since it’s frozen and the mochi around the ice cream tends to be a bit on the thinner side. I’m sorry you had a rough go of it, but mochi might just not be your thing.
Mochi is chewy, the way you’ve described it sounds correct. Mochi makers go to great lengths to make it chewy, “mochi mochi” being a popular onomatopoeia term to describe something that is dense and chewy.
Boxed mochi tends to be lower on the chewy scale, so it might just be that mochi isn’t for you.
I’ve eaten this product. It’s solid, but when you get the freshly made stuff the texture is so much softer.
Mochi is chewy. The term in Japanese もちもち/モチモチ(mochi mochi) is an onomatopoeic word typically used to describe foods that are soft, springy or doughy, like *mochi*. Chewy in a soft nice, al dente sense.