mmm-yoso!!!, the food blog you are perusing, is just that- a blog about food. Today, Cathy has a quick post about a nice respite located in the midst of a Food Court. Kirk and Ed (from Yuma) are, once again, busy researching things to write about.
As mentioned numerous times, The Mister and I have a habit of eating before going food shopping, so that we aren't overly tempted to purchase items on a whim. This doesn't always work, but we try. Sometimes we have a whole meal and at times, only have a dessert type product. Several times now, we have stopped at this newly opened (in October) small storefront inside the Zion Market complex.
This Korean based franchise is similar to other similar companies which produce machines which automatically fill and bake small filled cake treats. (This link takes you to a 55 second You Tube video of a machine with a different shaped filled small cake (Cocohodo are walnut shaped cakes filled with red bean paste and 1/2 a walnut in each cake) being made and links on the side of that video take you to many other similar videos.). This is similar to the cream filled pancakes made at the cart in front of 99Ranch Market.
The menu at Cocohodo shows variations of beverages and beverages in combination with pastry, as well as shaved ice.
You can't get close enough to see the Cocohodo walnut shaped pastry being made, as you can in the YouTube video linked above, but that's what the man behind the glass is doing. You can however, see to the right—
…the automated machine wrapping and dropping the hot, fresh cakes into the bin. If you are here and Cocohodo is open, you will be offered a free sample of a whole, hot, fresh delightful cake. As I mentioned, each walnut shaped (and sized) is cake filled with red bean paste and a walnut half.
Lately, this has been our usual snack (from the bottom of the menu)- Combination A: a four piece with one cup of coffee ($3.40).
The Cocohodo pastry.
Cross sections- you can see the walnut half and the red bean paste. It's a perfect size snack. Not too sweet, not too large.
You can purchase other size combinations, of course.
Nine pieces are $3.15; you can get a bag of 30 for $10.50. You can also get gift boxes…all fresh made and delicious. A nice respite.
Cocohodo 7655 Clairmont Mesa Boulevard (Inside Zion Marketplace Food Court) 92111 (858) 365-1745 Open 10:30-8:30 daily
{Yes, I posted on Deli Manjoo last November, in the middle of this lengthy post, the 16th, 17th and 18th photos show when my fascination of this machine and its filled pastries started}
{Other blog posts about Cocohodo include Pink Candles at Ridgemont High and Kirbie}