Last week I went to Kasia Market for the first time. I ordered bibimbap (rice bowl), which had 9 vegetables (sooo much), a fried egg, and an optional choice of protein. I chose tofu, but if I were to ever get it again, I'd probably choose chicken.
Other than checking out the food court, the main reason to visit Kasia was to check out the snacks. I had an idea of mochis, but didn't find too many of them. There was a bit of decision paralysis on what to buy when faced with an aisle of snacks that I've never tried before.
There was a google review photo of refrigerated mochi but I couldn't find them at the store. I even asked a store associate for help. She couldn't locate them either, but she did recommend another item when we passed by the frozen section. She said to defrost them for about 1.5 hours before eating.
I had to later use Google Translate to understand what the packaging said, since everything was in Korean. It was a bag of honey rice cakes, and they tasted pretty good. The inside filling tasted like sweet peanut or sesame. Another nice thing is that there are individually sealed bags of 4 mini cakes inside. I like them warmer than cold, so I heated them up in the microwave for a few seconds after removing them from the pouch.
Below is the translation of the packaging.
The other snacks that I chose myself from the store did not taste good. The non-refrigerated, packaged strawberry mochi from Taiwan were rubbery and when I squished them, they made strange popping noises that creeped me out. The inner filling was encased in some yellow layer that looked plastic. The box of almond mochi cake was meh and harder than expected. I didn't quite like the Jaffa Napolitanke wafers either.
Below is a close-up of the yucky alien mochi.
