Obento dinner

Instead of cooking, we decided to buy the obento for dinner. The top picture is that of Teriyaki rice set and the next one is Hamburg rice set. For dessert, it was Warabi Mochi with Kinako (roasted soybean flour). Needless to say, they are delicious!
As for the weather, it was a rainy day with the average day temperature of 25c.

Traditional way of making delicious mochi

The traditional way of making Japanese mochi is to pound the steamed rice as shown in the above video. I had the opportunity to witness the pouding and video-ed part of the process. We bought a box of the mochi and ate them. The mochi was freshly made and so tasted better than those sold in the supermarkets. The fillings is usually sweet red beans.

These mochi cakes are chewy, sweet and delicious. We got them from a confectionary near our house. I particularly love the ones in green. They are known as matcha (green tea) mochi cake. After eating a few pieces, I found myself full and unable to eat anything else.