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2011-09-12
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I have grown up in a traditional family that celebrates all the chinese festivals including the Mid Autumn festival. It has always been mooncakes, chinese tea and lanterns to celebrate it. My grandpa has always been buying the old-fashioned mooncakes like those in lotus paste and mixed nuts. I grown up eating those. When everyone is busy shopping for mooncakes, a particular box of mooncake from Pin Si was presented to me. If you look at my picture, it left only 3, you must be wondering what happ
When everyone is busy shopping for mooncakes, a particular box of mooncake from Pin Si was presented to me. If you look at my picture, it left only 3, you must be wondering what happened to other one. I shared the missing one with my Grandpa. He said, it has been one of the best white lotus with salted egg yolk he ever tried in his 80 over years of living so far. And, he does not usually eat those with salted egg yolk, he always digged it out and discarded but he ate this particular one with the salted egg yolk! He must have really liked it.
After taste it myself, i gotta agreed with Grandpa. Unlike some of the mass produced ones, these mooncakes really stood out. I can clearly taste the lotus flavor of the paste in moist and smooth texture with a thin layer of pastry. And, the egg yolk was creamy and flavorful. The overall sweetness was just right as well.
Such traditional mooncakes are still the best as compared to many fanciful and innovative flavors out there.
Lastly, taking this chance to wish fellow openricers a HAPPY MID AUTUMN!
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