Or otherwise known to the gluttonous as the mooncake festival… I usually celebrate by going to the bakeries to stare at tins of mooncakes, marvelling at how pricey they are compared to everything else the Chinese sell, and trying to decipher the Chinese to figure out which ones have yolks (yuck) and which are filled with lotus seed paste (my favorite). I’d never buy any, though. Overwhelmed by price, quantity, and the possibility of gagging mid-cake on salty egg, I usually leave defeated and empty handed.
But today, as I grabbed a quick bite at my parents’s place, I was surprised by a small box of Hong Kong style snow skin mooncakes. Unlike the traditional golden baked kinds, these were more like little mochi cakes, and filled with what seems like a very untraditional blueberry and cheese filling. I was skeptical of the taste, but they sure were pretty.
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And it tasted amazing.
September 22, 2010 at 9:19 pm
wow those two pics are DRASTICALLY different.
September 22, 2010 at 9:23 pm
that fancy decorated stuff got squished and smudged away…
September 23, 2010 at 12:21 pm
oooh where did you get these mochi style ones?
my fav is lotus with 1 yolk…unless the yolk is in one corner and occupies the entire slice.
September 23, 2010 at 4:34 pm
these are actually pretty freakin good!! the box looked REALLY asian… and it said hong kong style, so im going to assume a grocery store… maybe somewhere in flushing because the lady who gave it to me lives in queens… haha, but then again, all this is really speculation, i could just ask.
September 23, 2010 at 1:11 pm
Ewwwwww you’re the only person I know the actually likes the yolk!!
September 23, 2010 at 4:35 pm
there has to be more people out there who like the yolk… after all, dont they sell most of them with yolk?
September 24, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Wendy! It’s been way too long! And we meet again in the blogosphere 🙂 How are ya? How is everything?
That mooncake looks delectably unconventional. I haven’t had a chance to eat a mooncake this week – maybe I will tonight when I head back to Queens (the ‘rents weren’t too pleased I didn’t make it on Wednesday). I like the yolk too! And the pineapple paste ones.
Is there a way I can follow your blog? I’m not seeing a link…
September 24, 2010 at 7:02 pm
We should meet and catch up! You can subscribe to have posts sent to your inbox on the main page (2nd column from the left) or google read it 🙂
I am excited about your blog, I have not replaced my passion for clothing with food!