Just okay, IMO

Chocolate mochi bread

Brand: Lawson

Price: 149 yen

Place of purchase: Lawson

Rating:

The first major positive about this product is the price. At only 149 yen including tax, it's one of the less expensive bread-based items on Lawson's shelves at the moment. If you're looking for peak cost-effectiveness from your sweet treat of choice, this is a good option to try. The bread does have a good, chewy consistency (calling it mochi-like is still a bit of a stretch, however), and it comes with a chocolate cream filling -- so you're definitely getting multiple levels of chocolate flavor. Overall, for the price it's not a bad option to try.

I do feel that the chocolate cream filling wasn't all that great in terms of quality -- the chocolate taste felt a bit artificial -- but for the price I guess we can't expect gourmet chocolate levels. Also, the use of the word mochi in the product title could be setting people up for disappointment. The bread does have a nice chewy texture to it, but it's not mochi-like. Overall I thought it was only okay, my personal opinion is that the custard and whipped cream variant is a lot better if you were picking just one to try.