So what are your favorite Asian treats? (It could be sweets)

I like these rice crackers



And my all time favorite.. Krupuk

Really fond of mochi, and nowadays they make it in many different ways, making it even more interesting.

Wish I could get such a variety of mochi in Melbourne.
There is one Korean family business here which supplies all the Japanese and Korean restaurants, but they only make the one plain type.
For locals who want to check it out, the place is located next to the bottle shop at the intersection of Clayton Rd and Princess Hwy.

hey I LOVE mochi too, this one is my favorite.

< Durian mochi with salted yolk filling

That's quite creative...

sounds like a cross between mochi and moon cake.

Yep that's right. Moon cake is a giant mochi in a way.

I also like these stuff.

These rice cakes (bánh bò)


Rice crackers


And of course this

Dango: flour based dumplings glazed in a teriyaki sauce


Tokoroten: Agar Agar noodles in cold soy sauce vinegar dressing.


Sakura mochi: non pounded mochi with azuki filling and rapped in specially treated Cherry-blossom leaves.


Surume: dried and roasted squid. Goes good with beer on a hot summer day.


Senbei: rice cracker grilled then basted with soy sauce rapped with nori.

This looks soooo mouth-watering

^ it is. The leaf is the special part. It's a bit salty and adds an describable delectable flavor to complement the sweet bean paste.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2207/223743...abf2c0b.jpg?v=0

chinese fried sesame balls with black bean paste inside







chicken with sticky rice wrapped in a lotus leaf

^ mmm yummy good stuff!


My Aunt always brings these over when she comes and visits us

Some of my favorite treats...

Khanom krok

khanom buang

and I am gonna be making Khanom chun this weekend

Crikey ! My girlfriend made those for me last weekend. Got none left, so I can't make a photo of them.

sonny, you can make Khanom chun ??

I tried to make it once from a cookbook I had and I failed miserably.

Enjoy Khanom chun this weekend, it's one of my favorite too.

Yeah, except for their texture, they're kind of similar.


Yumm...i'm not sure what they call it around here, even though they're widely available in most Asian grocery shops, but gonna picked a couple of these treats tomorrow.

If you're near a Vietnamese community, it's called "bánh da lợn"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1nh_da_l%E1%BB%A3n

I don't know what it is in other languages. I used to hate it when I was little, mostly because it's too sticky lol. Now I'm okay with it.

I want to eat this entire page^0^
/nom nom nom

Yeah it's fun to make them yourself When I was little I would help my mom make desserts and thanx!


awesome! yeah not really hard to find over here too

Oh these are good

Oh I like these too, I miss these x) would make this with my mom and I loved making it different colors lol.

I heard it's good luck when the top is cracked like that

idk if this counts

had anyone tried these

Never had those yet. looks good!

I've always been obsessed with these jellos

http://my.opera.com/trangskitchen/blog/show.dml/12377422

Those look really nice.

Mom used to make a treat combining and mixing mostly some mung bean flour with agar in water, plus sugar and some other ingredients...to bad i can't find any picture of it...

This looks so pretty.

That's something I actually didn't know lol. I just thought that was how it's suppose to be x)


okie...I have a dirty mind and totally thought of...something else lol.



These look so nice , Xigon is the top one coconut, coffee and pandan?

I love all the jello treats too.


This brings back childhood memories x)

some cool design coconut jellies by Thai makers.

^ How do those taste like? They look like either "thạch" or "sương sa" in Vietnamese. The ones I posted are called "rau câu" in Vietnamese. I don't know how they are distinguished in English. How are they called in Thai?

@sony_angel: It's coconut I believe. You can see a lot more pretty jello cakes in this thread
http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?...231076&st=0

Vietnamese people often make very elaborate designs with jello and lots of time they're used as alternative for birthday cakes and moon cakes because they taste better

^ Those look too good to eat. I'd hate to cut into such beautiful work.

we call it "wun-ka-tee" meaning "coconut milk jelly." The colorful jelly part is sweet and the white part (coconut milk) is a little salty & nutty in flavor. So it's a good combination when chewing both parts together. Normally the brown color is made by coffee juice, green is from pandan juice, red is salacca fruit juice etc. so the colorful jelly parts itself taste differently too.

Thais also love to make a coconut jelly cake too, for some reason we don't make it as elegant as the Vietnamese. Your cakes look so cultural but the Thai ones I've seen are more like cute design (like below). I don't know why we don't add the Thainess into them as much as you do.

I know huh. When I was little I always ate around the edges first because they are the areas with least decoration...and I always saved the flowers for last because they were too pretty to eat

You should be able to get things like these on the streets of Vietnam (or outdoor market) for about 10 cent. Well I paid for less than 10 cents 10 years ago, so now even if prices rise, they should only cost 10-50 cents. The size is around the size of the palm.














These are cake-size




























I know you guys can't eat these pictures but looking at them is enough You guys probably won't want to eat them if they sit in front of you either.

Oh Vietnamese call it "rau câu" which is the name of the seaweed used to make it (scientific name: agar gelidium). I don't know why but they taste really different from the American jellos, they don't have that "fruity" taste like American jellos.

The white part on rau câu is from coconut milk too, but I don't think it tastes "salty and nutty" at all. Then the colors are from pandan (green), mocha (brown), durian, chocolate, banana, strawberry, orange...


Then there's another type of jello, which is quite similar looking but they're made from a different type of seaweed called "sương sa". It's not sweet like rau câu



Then there's something called "thạch dừa" which is similar to rau câu but the texture is much tougher. I think they're made from some different plant or material too because the sweetness of thạch dừa is pretty different from the sweetness of rau câu.





Then this black jello is called "sương sáo", which is made from another seaweed. I don't really like it. Tastes weird to me, but lots of people enjoy it.






The Thai jello should be one of the above but the pictures you posted don't give me a "rau câu" feeling because rau câu is usually not "that" transparent. I thought they were more like sương sa or thạch dừa due to their transparency, but your description makes it seem more like rau câu, even though the taste seem kinda different

I still do that with eggs - I eat the white parts first and save the yolk for last! Alternately, I break the yolk first then spread it over everything on my plate, but I still eat the white parts first!


On the subject of Agar Agar, it has a totally different texture than American gelatine. In Japan, we eat Agar Agar sweet mixed with fruits and sweet beans or salty with Soy Sauce and vinegar.

to my best guess, I think it's similar to rau câu. Thais also make a less transparent ones, it depends on the design. Just add a little coconut milk & flour to the jelly part's ingredient, then bam !! you got a "not so clear" ones.

Have you guys ever tried these treat ? It's made from mung bean. We call it "Luk Chub".

Almost reminds me of oysters. They look good!

I havnt tried but I would if you send me some!
They are like yogurt dipped huh?
Looks good!

Yea, they were sold by street vendors in front of my elementary school all the times. I liked looking at them more than eating them because they tasted just like sweet mung bean.

Wow! They look so nice XigonCongchua. They are like works of art!

They almost look like toys!
Still very beautiful!

Traditional Japanese Candy art
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fmnCyEoj8U

@ Xigon thanx! Just checked out the thread you posted, so many pretty jellos! now I know how it is made and I have an idea of where I wanna by those cute shaped jello molds



LOL I never though about that, you like oysters? I do a lot

These are like little coconut pancakes btw :]



oh! I've seen that video, that is so awesome. If I had one of those I don't think I could eat it, it is too pretty

I tried avocado sushi today and really liked it!

TICKY ANYONE?


Is this the bootleg version of POCKY? LOL!!!
Saw this at the store and I just had to take a picture of it.

^

LOL !! where did you find this, it must be a Thai brand because label's in Thai. I don't think it's sold in Thailand though. I have never seen one.

This is a Thai Pocky.

^MMMMM... Yummy. I remember those. When I went to Thailand, we bought a lot of Thai Pocky. They were so cheap. : )

I saw it at the Hmong store. I should buy it and see how different it tastes like from the Japanese Pocky that I usually eat.

Yeah I know. Strange how a fruit from south America goes so well with rice and seaweed.

Try this, put a little butter on top of steaming hot rice and pour a little soy sauce on top. It's really good. It's the Asian version of Toast.

That's interesting, I've never seen that before Only seen the thai pocky that Marrykate posted.

I want some taiyaki and takoyaki right now lol.

^ Oh, This is soo good! It's a special chewy that I don't think any other dessert has.

@SONNY:

MM! That reminds me of this!




Korean fish ice cream sandwich <3.

^ I had no idea that existed lol but looks yummy

Is there other fillings besides red bean used?