A fascinating sunset on the docks and tasty mochi — the memory is still fresh for Che Yujia, 23, a human resources management major at Renmin University of China. In 2012, she went to Taiwan to attend a summer school. One day, on the way back to her hotel after watching the sunset in New Taipei City with her friends, Che tried the snack for the first time. “We ordered two kinds of mochi. One was cold and without any soup. It was a soft mochi wrapped in peanutpowder and had a refreshing taste,” Che says. “The other was a hot mochi drenched in a lightly sweetened red bean soup. It was a very satisfying meal.”
今年23岁的陈玉佳（音译）是中国人民大学人力资源管理专业的一名学生，她曾在2012年去台湾参加暑期学校，而她至今还清晰地记得码头上醉人的落日以及美味的麻糬。当时，她和朋友一起去新台北市看落日，在返回酒店的路上她第一次吃到麻糬。她回忆道，“我们要了两种麻糬。一种是凉的，而且没有汤。软软的麻糬包裹在花生粉里十分爽口。而另一种则是浸在红豆汤中的热麻糬，红豆汤微甜，吃下去让人很满足。”