Mochi Ice Cream Creme Glacee De Mochi

Posted by: Jennifer
Another Asian favorite... MOCHI ICE CREAM! (Especially green tea flavored) Mochi is a Japanese rice cake that consists of an outer layer made of rice flour and wraps around various fillings like ice cream, red bean paste, etc. It is known to be a Japanese celebratory food that can also be eaten anytime of the year. Mochi is famous throughout other Asian and foreign countries as well. This brand in particular is a product of USA distributed by "Mt. Fuji" under Alice Corporation. It comes in five different flavors: Strawberry, Green Tea, Vanilla, Red Bean, and Mango. I purchased and will be reviewing four different assorted flavors (Strawberry, Green Tea, Vanilla and Red Bean).

Origin: USA

Review/Taste:

The skin of this mochi was neither too thick nor too thin and the ice cream was creamy and tasted exactly as it's flavored. This was actually larger in size than another popular mochi brand (Mikayawa). Personally, I love both brands, but I feel Mikayawa may have a stronger taste (green tea mochi in particular). Although I am unsure rather the "artificial flavor added" statement printed on the Mikayawa box is the reason for the stronger flavoring, but there was no such statement printed on the Mt. Fuji box. Now back to Mt. Fuji, the good part of this product was the packaging. The mochi comes individually plastic wrapped which is convenient to eat without using your hands or placing it on a plate. The downside was that the ice cream melted quite fast. The strawberry had few pieces/specs of tiny strawberry in the ice cream and as for the red bean; there were pieces of red bean.

Overall Review:

Delicious and convenient packaging, although it did not WOW me, but I still love it and would purchase again.

Purchase/Price:

$4.99/pk (8 pieces - 4 flavors, 2 each)
Can be found in any Asian supermarket.