For the Lunar New Year, the Japanese celebrate with kagami mochi (or mirror rice cake) and Koreans enjoy tteokguk, or rice ...

But there’s one product I eagerly wait to return to shelves every year and it’s finally back: Trader Joe’s Mochi Cake Mix.

“And there weren’t too many bubble tea shops in Mountain View, except in the downtown area.” Ho grew up in Vietnam, moving to the U.S. in 2005, and has fond memories of eating pandan mochi ...