>>21423173 (OP)Mochi or rice cake, especially in that form, is dry as fuck.
When heated, it turns gelantinous, but it is more of a soft hot glue rather than soft chewy cake.
That baked dry fuck is going to break your teeth afte it is slightly cold. If you attempt to eat it hot, you will get your entire mouth burnt.
Ready made rice cake must be soaked in water, or pre boiled, before further cooking. Other wise you are eating literal hot glue and if you don't eat it hot, they immediately revert back to teeth breaking solid.
I am Korean, rice cake is in my blood, and no sane korean is going to cook rice cake that way.