Rice cakes at the morning market, Luang Prabang, Laos

Klepon, traditional Balinese rice cakes, Bali, Indonesia, South East Asia, Asia

Girl making Klepon, traditional Balinese rice cakes, Bali, Indonesia, South East Asia, Asia

View of Classic Japanese Mochi Sweets in shop in the Gion District, Kyoto, Kansai, Honshu, Japan

Local women chatting by a rural market stall selling rice based snacks, biscuits and cakes, Solo river valley, Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Drying rice cakes for monks, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

LAOSFARMER AND RICE CAKES DRYING IN THE SUN IN A FIELD IN LUANG PRABANG.

Offerings of kagami-mochi (mirror rice cakes) at the Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Japanese snack called dango (three sticky rice cake balls on a skewer) warming beside hot coals, Japan, Asia

Stack of rice cakes with chocolate icing and milk

LKA, Sri Lanka, Capital Colombo, City center, GAlle Face Drive, Prommenade at the Indian Ocean. Rice crab cakes.

Xoi chien phong or deep fried sticky rice cake, an authentic traditional vietnamese street food and local delicacy. Ninh Binh, Vietnam, Asia

Woman selling rice cakes at the weekly market, Semparu, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Avocado on rice cake

Avocado with egg and tomato on rice cakes