Gyumochi (Beef and Mochi) Don

This is a donburi (rice bowl) with mochi (rice cakes). It is an inventive gyudon (beef rice bowl) with mochi instead of rice. Smooth tasty mochi is topped with ingredients of gyudon with a little sweet sauce. This is a dish which one can fully enjoy “himenomochi”, a specialty of Shinjoson. Himenomochi is made with waters of Shinjogawa river that runs from “Kenashiyama” where a primeval forest of beech trees grow, and has the characteristics of strong stickiness and sweetness. Recently, himenomochi waffles called “moffles” are popular also.