I’ve become rather obsessed. First time trying it a couple weeks back. So good. Give me strawberry all day errryday
My wife loves the stuff but I'm not really fond of it. Koreans have a national holiday where they share different kinds of rice cakes that are just too chewy for me. There is one exception, the Chinese make a deep fried rice ball with a sweet red bean paste in the middle that I love. Koreans copy it nearly identical sometimes with toasted sesame seeds on the outside. i forget what my wife calls them.
I have never tried them, but I know my youngest daughter loves them. I believe Mango is her favorite also.
I wouldn’t say they’re comparable because you’re really getting some different texture with mochi that you don’t with ice cream / gelato.