Noodles and Rice

Omochi Icecream

by Tom on December 17th, 2007

In the picture you see one of my favourite Japanese ice creams.  This particular sized pack contains 2 round balls (sort of flattened) called Dai Fuku.  This name traditionally describes a ball of mochi stuffed with red bean paste.  In this case it is vanilla ice cream filling an omochi ball.

The omochi is actually more like a thin skin surrounding the ice cream but is chewy and delicious combined with the freezing cold ice cream.  It is dusted with fine sugar and looks distinctly snow ballish.  The first couple of characters in the name have something to do with snow but I can’t tell what.

Straight out of the freezer these things are practically useless, unless you intend to throw them at someone (and then they would be lethal).  But after a couple of minutes on the bench it is at the stage when you can just get your teeth into it.  And the fun begins

Last winter I had a special issue green tea one but I can’t remember if the tea was in the ice cream or the mochi.  I’m off to the snow next week and I’ll try and find them again, because they were great.

These ice creams are made by Lotte which is now an international brand, so I wouldn’t be surprised if you could find these in other countries as well.  Has anyone seen them anywhere other than Japan?

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POSTED IN: Dairy, Desserts : Asian Cuisine, Japanese