磯いそ辺べ餅もち

noun

isobe mochi; grilled mochi with soy sauce and nori

A Japanese snack or side dish consisting of grilled or fried mochi (rice cake) coated with a sweet-savory soy sauce glaze and wrapped in a sheet of nori seaweed. The name comes from 磯辺 (isobe, 'seashore'), evoking the seaweed.

See also: 磯辺 (いそべ)

• お正しょう月がつに磯いそ辺べ餅もちを食たべるのが楽たのしみです。

  I look forward to eating isobe mochi during the New Year holidays.

• 磯いそ辺べ餅もちは醤しょう油ゆの香こうばしい香かおりが食しょく欲よくをそそります。

  The savory aroma of soy sauce on isobe mochi whets the appetite.