Best mochi dishes

By Mari Taketa
Nonstop

Happy (almost) New Year! House cleaned, Christmas put away, now it’s time to get your mochi grind on.

For those lucky enough to eat in this town, options go way beyond ozoni soup and gao. Here’s our lineup of the best mochi dishes in Honolulu.

Fujiya peanut butter mochi

A dab of creamy peanut butter enrobed in sweet red bean paste, all hiding inside a pillowy mochi skin dusted with sugary kinako roasted soy powder: best of old and new, savory and sweet. Sold at Times, Don Quijote and Longs, but wait ’til later in January — Fujiya is still busy filling New Year’s mochi orders.

Fujiya
454 Waiakamilo Road
808-845-2921