A bit more to a good dinner

There are many people asking me if I was spoilt, because it seems like I often visit expensive restaurants and try high-class food. That completely baffles me. First, I really don't visit expensive restaurant that often, and second, I don't need good food all over the table to call it a fabulous meal.

To me, a good dinner does not need to have all good food over the table. There should a good balance between average food and very good food, just as roses alone without any leaves won't be beautiful at all. Therefore, just normal dinner with a little excitement is more than enough for me, and so how can I be spoilt?

Tonight, I added dessert to my great dinner at home. The little box was from Mochi Cream, and it was not cheap. As the name says it all, it was a box of mochi, but interesting enough, despite the minimalistic package and branding style, this was not from Japan but from a local Hong Kong shop. Apparently I would not guess it to be as good as the real Japanese mochi, but attracted by the beautiful colors, I decided to try once.

Each mochi was contained by a little paper bag (more like a slot), because otherwise the flavour of each mochi would be all mixed up.

I tried five different flavours this time, and they include chocolate, matcha (green tea), coffee, peach and mango. I wanted to try sakura but it was all sold out. (I miss the sakura stuff in Japan!)

This made-in-Hong Kong dessert surprised me with its quality. This was not the first local mochi I tried in my life, and those I tried before usually disappointed me with their poorly made coating. Indeed, the outer skin layer is not easy to make and it is the key to a delicious mochi. It cannot be too thick, nor can it be too thin to kill the chewy texture. This one from Mochi Cream is just right, and I swear if there is no filling inside but just the skin is yummy enough to make you try a second mochi.

The matcha one tasted very good, while the chocolate one was indeed a signature flavour from this shop. The coffee mochi was okay, but the most impressive one was the peach flavour. Much of the peach-flavour food smells too artificial, but this peach smell was so natural. It was not very overwhelming at all, making this so light and perfect after dinner. I also tried the mango mochi and it was good too, with the mango being fresh inside. Then somehow I believe in what the shopkeeper said to me, "Everything here was made only several days ago and every day we have to get some new mochi directly from the factory. We throw away any mochi older than a week."

I am not really sure about the price as each mochi costs nearly the same as the smallest value meal in McDonald's, but after knowing the quality of this traditional Japanese dessert, I must say that it is worth a try. However, tonight my main course in the dessert part was not these mochi, but my favourite, custard puff!!!!

That made my day!