mochi
noun
mo·chi
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Definition of mochi
: a doughlike mass made from cooked and pounded glutinous rice used in Japan as an unbaked pastry
Examples of mochi in a Sentence
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Snoh Ice Shavery Build your own Taiwanese shaved ice dessert ($5.25-$8.25) starting with flavors incluing coconut, taro or milk cream and add toppings such as candy, cookies, lychee and mochi balls. — Georgann Yara, azcentral, "Put these 10 frozen desserts on your Phoenix summer bucket list," 26 July 2019 Use the parchment to lift out the slab of baked mochi. — Sarah Henry, Washington Post, "We’re sold on these chewy, buttery, soft baked mochi squares," 27 June 2019 Chan draws upon sake, cocktails, and wine to match everything from the oysters with fig vinaigrette and horseradish to the red bean mochi cake for dessert. — Fortune, "Vancouver Is a Haven for Cheap but Delicious Tasting Menus," 18 Aug. 2019 This trio of tea spots offers everything from made-to-order mochi egg puffs to towers of tea sandwiches. — Jessica Yadegaran, The Mercury News, "3 awesome new Bay Area tea houses," 12 Aug. 2019 HINATA’s may be savory with avocado and caviar between crisp mochi shells. — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, "This Japanese restaurant coming to downtown Indy will take you far beyond sushi," 24 Apr. 2019 Each slice comes crusted with mochi, giving it a lacy, crunchy exterior, and topped with a fried quail egg. — Naomi Tomky, Fortune, "Honolulu’s Hottest Restaurants Take Hawaiian Paradise Beyond the Beach," 4 Aug. 2019 The straightforward pleasures carry right through to dessert: Order the mochi rolled in crushed peanut and black sesame, a Hakka specialty. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, "The L.A. food scene is amazing. These 7 restaurants remind us why," 1 Aug. 2019 Ice-n-Spicy specializes in ice cream with Asian and European influences, topping its multicolored scoops with French macarons and Japanese mochi. — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, "Seven new South Florida ice cream shops for National Ice Cream Day 2019," 18 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mochi.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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