Meanings
- uncountableMochi cakes made of kudzu powder or from Lactobacillales-fermented wheat starch, a speciality dish local to certain wards of Tokyo, served chilled and topped with kuromitsu and kinako.
She pushed her half-eaten kuzumochi toward me. “Here, you can finish my dessert.[…]”
2017, Lou Antonelli, Another Girl, Another Planet, Monument, Colo.: WordFire Press, →ISBN3 more examples
Top with a little fig and close the plastic wrap in such a way that the kuzumochi engulfs the fig (in a sac).
2018, Albert Raurich, Dos palillos: A Culinary Conversation with Japan and Asia, RBA Libros, →ISBN, page 383From kuzumochi, to dango, to Western-style dorayaki, all sorts of attractive shops enticed the girls who had just learned of the subtle yet delicious taste of Japanese confectionaries.
2020, Makishima Suzuki, translated by Hiroya Watanabe, Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!, volume 6, J-Novel Club, published 2021, →ISBNA special takeout bento for Mother’s Day is $121. It features kona abalone, heart of palm, lobster bisque, green beans, kuzumochi, tenderloin with onion soy sauce, duck with foie gras sauce and much more.
2021 April 25, Dining Out (Honolulu Star-Advertiser), page 17
Origin
- Japanese葛餅
- Englishkuzumochi
From Japanese 葛餅 (kuzumochi).
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