Yuki Ichigo

I thought it was time that I tried a yuki ichigo or snow strawberry. I am going through a stage where I feel the need to try everything (well, almost everything), at least once. I was with Angela the first time I saw one of these winter delights. She was enjoying her lunch time snack immensely. I was, however put off the yuki ichigo before now as it is a big pink ball, roughly the size of a tennis ball. Also, the pink part is a rice product (mochi-like substance) and I am not too keen on rice sweets. I was also weary of the layer of cream between the pink and the jewel inside... a big strawberry. Someone recently told me that there was in fact no cream. Wrong! The label clearly states that there is a cream layer... The results of trying this seasonal specialty? Delicious but very sweet (right Alex?) The strawberry is sitting on a thin piece of sponge. It is then covered in quite a thick layer of cream and the entire thing in encased in a thin layer of pink mochi...