What are those Japanese ice cream balls called??

[MDesigner]

A lot of Japanese restaurants have 'em. It's ice cream surrounded by some sort of a doughy/gelatinous type shell. They ROCK. For those of you who live in Chicagoland, I think they sell them at Mitsuwa? I wanna buy a crapload of them.

 

[redly]

huh huh..you said balls

 

[pray4mojo]

MOCHI

 

[dethman]

mochi

 

[KLin]

schweaty balls?

 

[igowerf]

They sell them at Trader Joe's too. At least where I live, Mitsuwa always sells them for a little more than Trader Joe's.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Mochi, a Japanese confection, is a small,round rice cake which can be eaten with condiments... 🙂

 

[JasonK]

Your local supermarket has them also, Vons, Safeway, Ralphs. Somewhat expensive tho, if i remember, 5-6 bucks for a box of 6?

 

[MichaelD]

Godzilla Chillers.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: pray4mojo
MOCHI

 

[MDesigner]

Awesome! Thanks, guys 🙂 I'll hit Trader Joe's. I could try a local supermarket (Jewel, Dominick's) but I imagine it would be a nightmare trying to find it, let alone asking someone who works there "excuse me..where's the mochi?" "The what?" "Mochi. Japanese ice cream BALLS." "Huh?"

 

[HappyPuppy]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Godzilla Chillers.

Nobody could have expressed themselves so profoundly as you just did, MichaelD. It does give me cause to envision something rather unsettling, though. Hmmm, frozen rice balls in Godzilla's crotch! No wonder he kept destroying Tokyo. 🙂

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Godzilla Chillers.

Nobody could have expressed themselves so profoundly as you just did, MichaelD. It does give me cause to envision something rather unsettling, though. Hmmm, frozen rice balls in Godzilla's crotch! No wonder he kept destroying Tokyo. 🙂

😀

/bows

I'm honored that I have brought such thoughts to your steel trap of a mind, oh honored one

/more bowing

 

[PlatinumGold]

since when is Mochi Ice Cream filled?

Mochi is Rice cake stuffed with Sweet red bean paste.

 

[RMSistight]

Originally posted by: igowerf
They sell them at Trader Joe's too. At least where I live, Mitsuwa always sells them for a little more than Trader Joe's.

Are we talking about the Mitsuwa in San Jose?

 

[SSP]

I'll stick to my 'Chef's Salty Chocolate Balls'.

 

[nakedfrog]

Holy crap. I think these are exactly what I've been trying to figure out the name of for years now. I ate them only once, when we first went to Tokyo when we moved to Japan when I was a kid. Now I'll just have to try and find some locally to be sure, but from the pics and description, it sure sounds right.

 

[kei]

http://www.mochiicecream.com/

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: RMSistight

Originally posted by: igowerf
They sell them at Trader Joe's too. At least where I live, Mitsuwa always sells them for a little more than Trader Joe's.

Are we talking about the Mitsuwa in San Jose?

Nope, I'm talking about the one in San Diego. 🙂

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: JasonK
Your local supermarket has them also, Vons, Safeway, Ralphs. Somewhat expensive tho, if i remember, 5-6 bucks for a box of 6?

5-6 bucks for a box?! That's like.... a dollar, a mochi! I think the Trader Joe's in my area sells them for $2.50 or $3 a box.