(麻薯), what kind, if not then what is it? Someone translated this 麻薯 as a "potato" and Google Translate says it's Mochi, If it is a potato, could anyone share what kind? 

When I tried some research I came up with what looks like a character website (http://taiwanmochi.com.tw). 

In English we have sweet potato, red, white, and other kinds... 

Google Translate (which I am learning is not reliable) shows this for potato.


  Translations of potato
  noun:
  马铃薯
  potato
  土豆
  potato, spud
  薯
  potato, yam
麻薯 or 麻糬 is the transcription of Japanese desert "Mochi/もち".

The character 薯 means root vegetables.
Most of time it will be potato.

Some examples:

馬鈴薯 potato
蕃薯 sweet potato
木薯/樹薯 cassava