Kusa Mochi is another Japan Souvenir that I brought from Ueno, Japan. Kusa mochi (草餅 a.k.a. grass mochi or yomogi mochi) is a Japanese sweet and is considered a seasonal dish for spring. It is made from mochi and leaf of yomogi and does have the name grass mochi.
Daifuku (大福) is a derivate of Musa mochi. It is a small round mochi stuffed with sweet filling, most commonly anko, sweetened red bean paste made from azuki beans. Daifuku comes most commonly in two sizes, one approximately the diameter of a half-dollar coin, the other palm-sized. 'cited from wikipedia'
The Green Kasa Mochi had a strong green tea flavour. The mochi was soft and gave a lovely chewiness. It was mildly sweet with a scent of green tea flowing into your nose. The Mochi was filled with anko paste, although not as much a filling as the packaging suggested, it is still reasonably enough, It was covered in a fine layer of taro starch on top to keep the mochi from sticking onto the fingers. A minor comment is that the Kasa Mochi was very perishable which had to be consumed within few days, or else the outer mochi layer would start to harden.
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