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The voltage of my microwave oven is 100W. Please adjust the cooking time and level of power accordingly if yours is different. This was the snack I brought to a family gathering on weekend. It’s good to make some aromatic, delicious mochi with it and share with my friends. It can’t be easier to make this mochi snack.

The wood ear I used looks white on one side, called “白背木耳”, literally means "white back wood ears". Chinese people believe this kind of wood ear is more nutritious, also available at Asian grocers. In Chinese herbal medicine, ginger can help expel cold and wind from our body, thus fortify a balance if our body is weak. Wood ear is widely used in Chinese cuisine as it helps to reduce blood pressure, clear away cholesterol, thus improve blood circulation.

The café was very cozy and would sell freshly baked cakes and breads around 3 to 4pm. Although the café was not big, their cakes baked in paper (纸包蛋糕) was very popular that attracted many customers. Actually, cakes baked in paper are very popular in Hong Kong. If you have a chance to travel to Hong Kong, I recommend you to have a go for it.

Dried chrysanthemum flower is widely used to brew Chinese tea, available at Asian grocers. For the sake of hygiene, use boiling water to rinse dried chrysanthemum flower, goji berry and longan, you’ll be very sure that all the ingredients are very clean. Sometimes when we work in an air-conditioned room for too long, our eyes also get dried as a result that our vision becomes not as sharp as it should be. In Chinese herbal medicine, Goji is a healthy food for eyes, Chrysanthemum flowers for cleaning our body heat, and longan for soothing our nervous system.