Whats moon cake like?
Traditional moon cakes are round pastries filled with lotus seed paste with one to four egg yolks, weight about 180 grams each. The more egg yolks in the moon cake, the more expensive it is and more prestigious when present them as presents to relatives. You can buy mooncake one by one though shops always sell their mooncakes in a tin box of 4. Modern moon cakes – modern bakers are trying to be different. In Hong Kong, you can find dozens varieties of moon cake with nuts or ham, with white lotus seed paste, red bean paste, green bean paste, fruit or coffee flavor. About 10 years ago, a baker called Tai Pan introduced a new white stretchy pastry for their moon cake. They called it “Snowy moon cake” which is very different from the traditional baked, slightly crumbly pastry. It’s certainly more popular with the younger generation, though the older generation will look at it and say, “Not traditional!”. Then we have chocolate mooncakes, ice cream mooncakes from Haagen Dazs. Packaging – Be
