Mochi - An Healthy Alternative to Traditional Mooncakes

Some people might complain, those moon cakes made of thick and dense fillings wrapped with a 'lard-ful' crust may not be healthy.  Unfortunately, they surely taste delicious especially during the Mid-Autumn Festival..  What to do?!

A Taiwanese friend recommended me to have mochi, instead of mooncake, for a healthier 'mooncake festival'..   Well.., I am not sure if I can give up on mooncakes, but I gave it a try anyway when I visited Taiwan.  

Here is how it looks like:

Mochi

What is mochi anyway?

Mochi is usually smaller than a mooncake, and tastes very.. very... chewy.  It is more like a snowy mooncake (aka. ice-skin mooncake).  It shares very similar filling or stuffing that a mooncake has; however, it contains much less fat.

Some mochi even has fresh fruits as its filling!    Mooncakes rarely have fruits as their fillings.

Green Tea Mochi

Strawberry Mochi

The good thing is that you can order a box of Mochi online!   Finally and luckily... I don't' need to fly all the way visiting Taiwan to get a box of mochi now.   

It's called 'ZengJi Mochi' (曾记 mochi).  It comes with 30 pieces with 5 different flavors in a box.

Best Taiwanese Mochi