Recently, a curious piece of advice has been circulating on social media as a "life hack": eating mochi or daifuku to help ...

The most recognizable rice cake in the West is Japanese mochi, but there is a wide and wonderful world of Asian rice cakes, all possessing symbolic meaning in the context of Lunar New Year.

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Kirimochi, meaning “sliced mochi,” is a kind of mochi in which the sticky rice cake is cut into strips and dried, which you then heat up before eating. Ordinarily, kirimochi is made just from ...

Reddit, as always, is a goldmine of ideas. One commenter recommends poking holes with a fork and soaking it in coconut milk for a tres leches-like effect; another has given it a pineapple upside-down ...

The Westin Manila is offering another culinary special with its partnership with Sheraton Manila’s Oori restaurant. The ...

From oolong highballs to mochi serpents, we invite three gourmands to share their ultimate Lunar New Year dishes to celebrate the year of the snake.

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...