New Year's, Japanese Style

Trade in your champagne and hors d’oeuvres for sake and mochi.

Basic Sweet Mochi (An Mochi)

Perfect for wrapping around ice cream.

Basic Savory Mochi (Age Mochi)

Glutinous rice cakes, called mochi, are used throughout Japanese cuisine. Try your hand at making your own with this straightforward recipe.

Hi Everyone! I’d appreciate any advice on where to get good baked mochi and/or mochiko for making my own mochi in SF. I usually just go to Clement and 6th, but I’m pressed for time and have to get it this...

in some of the mochiko, cut the marinated chicken into bite size pieces, dredge them through the chip/mochiko mix, and into the deep fryer. About 45 seconds (oil temp about 375 to 400F) to a deep golden brown then out of the oil...

At a Japanese store its called "mochiko sweet rice flour". Comes in a rectangular box.

I’m going to try making my first batch this weekend, but I have – so far – two questions: 1) Is the mochiko I bought the same as the glutinous rice flour I use to make nian gao (Chinese new year cakes)? 2) My...

I recently had a very interesting and tasty red bean bun stuffed with a mochi-like substance (most likely mochiko powder). I heard it was from a bakery called Kelly’s near San Gabriel and Las Tunas but that’s all I...

I believe you’re referring to Chinese fried sesame balls. AKA Gin Doi Filling: 1 can of red bean paste (found at most Asian market) Dough: 1 lb mochiko (glutinous rice flour, roughly 1 box) 3/4 cup sugar (brown sugar is fine as...

The kind of mochi I make in the microwave or steam is using mochiko flour-sweet for manju making-azuki beans inside or layered chi-chi dango. The type of mochi that I think you are referring to is made from mochigome steamed in a...

pride, I would recommend skipping the rice-pounding part and start with mochi-ko (glutinous rice flour). In fact, the least messy way to make mochi dough is in the microwave, using a plastic non-stick cake pan that will let you...

Seto Deli in Sunnyvale sells both kara age, (regular and spicy) and bento boxes. Nama in SF sells karaage. Takahashi Market in San Mateo sells both karaage (they call it mochiko chicken) and several different bento boxes....

The Food of Paradise by Rachel Lauden. Butter Mochi Sweet Rice-Floor and Coconut Cake Makes 24 squares 3 cups mochiko (sweet rice flour—1 lb bag) 2.5 cups sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1 (14-oz) cans unsweetened coconut...

by the bento in general. Instead of grated daikon and ponzu, the hamburger was practically drowning in Bulldog sauce and the chicken karraage was all wrong. Instead of the crispy, mochiko exterior, the batter of the chicken was...

, this is solid, local food with no frills. However, everything I’ve had has been really tasty and really satisfying. My husband’s favorite is the Bruddah Moco (loco moco with corned beef instead of hamburger patty). My...