{"id":19731,"date":"2023-10-19T08:26:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T12:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=19731"},"modified":"2023-10-19T08:26:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T12:26:59","slug":"mochipia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=19731","title":{"rendered":"Mochipia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Click on any image to view it in high resolution.)<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4224-use-edited-1440-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4224-use-edited-1440-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4224-use-edited-1440-Copy.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4224-use-edited-1440-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4224-use-edited-1440-Copy-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4224-use-edited-1440-Copy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4224-use-edited-1440-Copy-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You know about mochi, the popular Japanese rice cake, often sweet but not necessarily, made from glutinous rice pounded into paste.<\/p>\n<p>You might not know about hopia, pastries hailing from the Philippines and Indonesia that can be found with a variety of fillings like ube (purple yam) or sweet bean paste enclosed within either a flaky or a cakey dough. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4217-edited-1440-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4217-edited-1440-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4217-edited-1440-Copy.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4217-edited-1440-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4217-edited-1440-Copy-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4217-edited-1440-Copy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_4217-edited-1440-Copy-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This product is called Mochipia, a portmanteau of mochi and hopia, both in name and composition. They\u2019re filled with ube\/macapuno paste surrounding a chewy mochi center that provides a snackworthy contrasting texture. Macapuno is a cultivar of coconut, sweet and jelly-like in texture, and often found in combination with ube in Filipino snacks because the two flavors are deliciously compatible.<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, we always get some along the way on my Elmhurst food tour. Want to know where? Get the details on my <a href=\"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=19231\">Ethnic Eats in Elmhurst<\/a> page and sign up to join in the fun!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mochipia = Mochi + Hopia. 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