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.

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