Name: Awabi Monaka – Abalone-shaped wafer filled with bean paste and mochi
Brand: Nakamuraya
SKU: 9313-souvenir
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.8 (1 reviews)

Hokkaido

Awabi Monaka – Abalone-shaped wafer filled with bean paste and mochi by Nakamuraya

: 4.8

Rating 4.8 · 1 review from Japanese buyers

[ Taste: 5.0 Value: 5.0 Volume: 5.0 Design: 4.0 Portability: 5.0 Shelf life: 5.0 ]

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A cute monaka (crisp wafer shell filled with bean paste) shaped like an abalone. It contains smooth bean paste with some whole beans remaining, plus mochi (rice cake), and the sweetness is restrained. Packed full of bean paste, with a softish wafer.

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Storage

Room temperature

What Japanese buyers say

The one reviewer describes a monaka wafer about 10 cm long shaped like an abalone, packed with coarse bean paste and mochi, with restrained sweetness and a soft shell. It is from a well-known shop in Matsumae.

Summary of 1 review posted on the Japanese site.