Eating mysterious sweets

Eating things when you have no idea what it is... ah, one of my favorite pastimes. 

I like that Kyoto has lots of sweets shops that are open late.  I usually don’t like Asian sweets but I have to say that I love Japanese sweets. They are totally my jam.  Much better than Vietnamese sweets, which are an awful genre of their own. 

So tonight’s edition of “what the heck am I eating” is a sweets episode. First:

I figured if it’s good enough for a geisha to eat..   I was attracted to what looked like mochi, a sort of gooey rice flour thing.  

Verdict:  Deelish!!!  And totally me.  It’s like a mochi dumpling with gooey cinnamon flavored paste.  Eric hates it = Tracey loves it (when it comes to sweets). 

Next up:

I honestly had no idea if this would be savory or sweet but it looked like glazed rice crackers.  

Verdict: sweet and fried deliciousness.  It’s like sugary crunchy fried flour.  The label translated to ginger, but I didn’t taste much ginger. 

Next up, I actually knew what this was and had been searching for it my entire time in Japan. I had it at Japan Fest in Atlanta.  Mochi stuffed with ice cream.  Found this one at the 7-Eleven and it’s plain vanilla:

Verdict:  YAY!!!!!!!!  YUM!!!!!

Now let’s take a look at how adventurous Eric was with his dessert: 

Verdict: delicious but boring!!!!   Eric!!!!

Believe me, this is only a tip of the iceberg when it comes to foods we’ve eaten without knowing what the heck it is.   But I just happened to fully document tonight’s  adventures with Japanese sweets.  I rate it a success.  Yay, Kyoto.