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2010-12-03
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i bought a few pieces of mochi from maria's bakery in Central and ate them after lunch and dinner separately.the first i tried was the sesame mochi which i ate 'fresh' in the afternoon. It was quite soft but not soft to the extent that it was melting off; yet the filling was really disappointing because, although there are visible bits of sesame powder, it didnt have a strong taste and smell of sesame. It was just-bland.After dinner we shared the rest of the 3 mochi - chocolate, red bean and cus
the first i tried was the sesame mochi which i ate 'fresh' in the afternoon. It was quite soft but not soft to the extent that it was melting off; yet the filling was really disappointing because, although there are visible bits of sesame powder, it didnt have a strong taste and smell of sesame. It was just-bland.
After dinner we shared the rest of the 3 mochi - chocolate, red bean and custard.
the red bean mochi was the worst among all because it was so tough that it wont even break open if you dropped it to the ground, i think. i couldnt even cut it open properly and when i did, i felt like i was not cutting through a mochi but something hard. The skin was WAY TOO THICK and the red bean filling was not exceptionally impressive either.
the custard mochi was,in general, the best. it was not oversweetened and tasted realy like the runny custard buns you get in chinese restaurants. The skin was okay in terms of softness and taste.Last, we also tried the chocolate mochi. It was also good and the chocolate filling was molten, but it was nonetheless TOO SWEET. i think the filling will be better placed in a molten chocolate cake than in a mochi.
In general - not particularly impressive. Ever since the 'world no. 1 bun', once so famous for its unique runny custard fillings, decline in quality, Maria's Bakery seems to be less and less attractive to me and i have fewer reasons to grab something for snack. unless....
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