Food, Food, and More Food Thread

YUM!

Those strawberry mochi maru's you sent me were a big hit with my daughter's friends :)

Anime Dad wrote:YUM!

Those strawberry mochi maru's you sent me were a big hit with my daughter's friends :)

Yay, I'm glad they liked it! :D The ones that I tried today were real mochi. As in, they'll spoil within a few days. Too bad you didn't live closer or I'd send the truffle ones so your daughter can try those too. :)

cori wrote:My brother bought a chocolate mochi with a chocolate covered strawberry in the middle. The mochi & chocolate part was good, but the strawberry was really, really sour. Like it had carbonate added to it. :bleh:

Also tried a chocolate mochi truffle, which was to die for! It's basically chocolate mochi with dark chocolate in the middle instead of an. So yummy. I wish I had more. :(

chocolate mochi? can't say i had that before....where do they sell that at? interesting....reminds me a bit like Chocolate covered gummy bears

qilver wrote:

chocolate mochi? can't say i had that before....where do they sell that at? interesting....reminds me a bit like Chocolate covered gummy bears

My brother got it from somewhere on Oahu (in Hawaii). As for chocolate mochi, there are recipes online for that. There's also one for pumpkin mochi, which is really good too, especially if you like pumpkin pie. :) That mochi recipe is baked in a pan though.

I found a site with a recipe for mochi and you can alter it to add different flavors or colors.
http://starbulletin.com/2002/08/07/features/story1.html

If anyone's interested, I could post pics of the mochi here. :P

cori wrote:
My brother got it from somewhere on Oahu (in Hawaii). As for chocolate mochi, there are recipes online for that. There's also one for pumpkin mochi, which is really good too, especially if you like pumpkin pie. :) That mochi recipe is baked in a pan though.

I found a site with a recipe for mochi and you can alter it to add different flavors or colors.
http://starbulletin.com/2002/08/07/features/story1.html

If anyone's interested, I could post pics of the mochi here. :P

cool.....oahu has cool stuff...i miss the tamaki rolls(sushi rolls), they had this food chain there, forgot the name of it, but they were so good. Fortunately, i am in SoCal and they have a good japanese selection, and i found tamaki rolls in Torrance Mitsuwa. :applaud:

as for the food pix, feel free to post them. :applaud:

cori wrote:If anyone's interested, I could post pics of the mochi here. :P

Post away, girl....! :woot:

We loves our food pics here at J-D... :D

Oh man, that reminds me: mochi ice cream... Oishii desu yo!!! :bonk: :bonk: :bonk: :bonk: :bonk:

qilver wrote:

cool.....oahu has cool stuff...i miss the tamaki rolls(sushi rolls), they had this food chain there, forgot the name of it, but they were so good. Fortunately, i am in SoCal and they have a good japanese selection, and i found tamaki rolls in Torrance Mitsuwa. :applaud:

as for the food pix, feel free to post them. :applaud:

I agree. Oahu has a lot of good stuff. Too bad I'm on a different island. :(

bmwracer wrote:
Post away, girl....! :woot:

We loves our food pics here at J-D... :D

Oh man, that reminds me: mochi ice cream... Oishii desu yo!!! :bonk: :bonk: :bonk: :bonk: :bonk:

Ok, I'll post them.:D And I used to love mochi ice cream, but it's been years since I last ate one. I hate how it gets all gross and hard when you leave it too long in the freezer though. :(

The icky chocolate mochi covered strawberry. :bleh:
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The to-die-for chocolate mochi truffle (where's the drooling emoticon?)
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Chocolate mochi truffle :drooling: <---

cori wrote: I hate how it gets all gross and hard when you leave it too long in the freezer though.

I've never had that problem: they never stay that long in the freezer. ;)

nice pix... :bonk: :applaud:

i've seen the reverse mochi....beans on the outside, and mochi on the inside..not sure what that is called exactly, but i tried it before and i didn't really like it too much. I prefer the regular ones, and the ones without red bean inside.

qilver wrote:i've seen the reverse mochi....beans on the outside, and mochi on the inside..not sure what that is called exactly

Inside out mochi?

Inverse mochi?

Bizarro mochi?

Bass-ackwards mochi?

ihcom :P

Anime Dad wrote:ihcom :P

LOL. :hehe:

Yum. Truffles looks good. I wouldn't mind trying the icky chocolate mochi covered strawberry either. :mrgreen:

TaintedWisdom wrote:tabana, rina, and bmwracer, thank you so much for the suggestions, ideas, and comments. Really appreciate it :bow:

@tabana:
Nattou Mr Green, now thats one I never heard off. I know nattou is fermented beans but is Mr. Green like a specific company? I never tried Nattou but I hear is not that bad once you get used to it and end up loving it, might get some from Jas-mart heheh.
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Takoyaki, oh YES, this I been wanting to eat for a while. I can definitely eat octopus :) What is the dough (or whatever it is they add around it) made off?
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Till this day I have never eaten a damn true ramen noodle from a Japanese restaurant due to the fear of the broth containing shrimp flavoring/powder similar to that of bonito powder in many other broths.

:victory:

You're welcome. :)

Mr green nattou? Mr green was an emoticon, I don't know why you got the text instead... I love the stuff. I eat it almost every day. I liked it the 1st time I've tried it. I usually buy the "organic" brand (without GMO).The package is brownish and light green for $2.50 for 3. The sauce isn't very healthy, but the karashi (kind like mustard) is ok.

I checked the takoyaki I have and there are no shrimps in it and I haven't seen a warning about shrimps on it. In the last picture I posted, there are right next to the tako. Considering those are gigantic, the real thing maybe ok. :)

Oh, and btw, McD have an ebi burger called ebipuri, so you may not want to go there. IIRC, Mos Burger had fried shrimps as side order and Aoki pizza use them too. =T

tabana wrote:Yum. Truffles looks good. I wouldn't mind trying the icky chocolate mochi covered strawberry either. :mrgreen:

You're welcome. :)

Mr green nattou? Mr green was an emoticon, I don't know why you got the text instead... I love the stuff. I eat it almost every day. I liked it the 1st time I've tried it. I usually buy the "organic" brand (without GMO).The package is brownish and light green for $2.50 for 3. The sauce isn't very healthy, but the karashi (kind like mustard) is ok.

I checked the takoyaki I have and there are no shrimps in it and I haven't seen a warning about shrimps on it. In the last picture I posted, there are right next to the tako. Considering those are gigantic, the real thing maybe ok. :)

Oh, and btw, McD have an ebi burger called ebipuri, so you may not want to go there. IIRC, Mos Burger had fried shrimps as side order and Aoki pizza use them too. =T

Thanks for the reply :)
Yeah I noticed on the picture you posted before:
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They are next to it, soooo... I guess I just have to tell them to wash their hands before adding the octopus to mines... hehe :mrgreen:

If just by washing their hands you're ok, then you shouldn't have to much problems. Japanese restaurants and known to be ultra clean. :thumbsup:

I know I probably should post this info in the "Got Something You Want to Say" thread by come on its about an annual hot dog eating contest. :mrgreen:

Hot Dog Champ Could Be A No-Show At July 4 Contest
(CBS/AP) NEW YORK Could it be the end of his hot dog roll?

Takeru Kobayashi, the six-time defending Nathan's hot dog eating champion, could be out of competition next week because of an ailment&#8212;an aching jaw.

On his blog earlier this week, the 29-year-old said was visiting a specialist and a chiropractor for relief of the bum jaw and can't really open his mouth.

Some believe his mandible misery is a ploy to unnerve his bun-swallowing bete noir, Joey Chestnut, who recently broke Kobayashi's world record by downing 591/2 dogs in 12 minutes. Others suggest it's a dodge to avoid Chestnut.

Or maybe it's true: a half-dozen years of inhaling hot dogs at the rate of one every 14 seconds really has left Kobayashi's overworked jaw in an upright and locked position.

Kobayashi is keeping his mouth shut today, although he issued a written statement promising to "aggressively pursue treatment for my condition ... I intend to do everything I can to treat this condition in what little time I have."

Enna wrote:I know I probably should post this info in the "Got Something You Wanna Say" thread by come on its about an annual hot dog eating contest. :mrgreen:

Hot Dog Champ Could Be A No-Show At July 4 Contest
(CBS/AP) NEW YORK Could it be the end of his hot dog roll?

Takeru Kobayashi, the six-time defending Nathan's hot dog eating champion, could be out of competition next week because of an ailment\an aching jaw.

On his blog earlier this week, the 29-year-old said was visiting a specialist and a chiropractor for relief of the bum jaw and can't really open his mouth.

Some believe his mandible misery is a ploy to unnerve his bun-swallowing bete noir, Joey Chestnut, who recently broke Kobayashi's world record by downing 591/2 dogs in 12 minutes. Others suggest it's a dodge to avoid Chestnut.

Or maybe it's true: a half-dozen years of inhaling hot dogs at the rate of one every 14 seconds really has left Kobayashi's overworked jaw in an upright and locked position.

Kobayashi is keeping his mouth shut today, although he issued a written statement promising to "aggressively pursue treatment for my condition ... I intend to do everything I can to treat this condition in what little time I have."

LOL, G-Mark posted that article in the aforementioned thread a couple of days ago... ;)

bmwracer wrote:
LOL, G-Mark posted that article in the aforementioned thread a couple of days ago... ;)

Ooops Sumimasan! :sweat: I looked first I didn't see it. :ashamed:

Enna wrote:Ooops Sumimasan! :sweat: I looked first I didn't see it. :ashamed:

Whoops, my mistake: it was in the Japan News thread: http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.php?p=643716#643716

Hmm, now I feel like having a couple of hot dogs for lunch: kosher, mustard, sweet relish, onions... NO mayo.