Anyone eat Moon Cake?

[Pliablemoose]

Nice Moon Festival in LA Chinatown last night.

And LOL at the art galleries in Chinatown, who in the hell thinks that crap is art?

All I'd need is a few hits of acid and some paint and I could kick all their art asses...

 

[Zeze]

They're ok. I don't understand why they're so expensive though.

 

[IronWing]

Moon pie >>> moon cake and I don't even know what moon cake is.


Edit: Okay, I looked moon cake up. I like azuke beans so I'd probably like moon cake.

 

[Pliablemoose]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooncake

 

[brblx]

ew. it's like tofu pastry.

what is the middle supposed to taste like? odd ingredients aside, lemme guess...it's mostly sugar?

 

[NFS4]

 

[Leros]

I love mooncake. You can put various things inside of them.

 

[IronWing]

I love mooncake. You can put various things inside of them.

Yeah, the first recipe said azuke beans but then I saw that the wiki article mentioned lotus paste. I can see where they could get pretty expensive with more expensive fillings. OP: how much were they charging?

 

[Pliablemoose]

Yeah, the first recipe said azuke beans but then I saw that the wiki article mentioned lotus paste. I can see where they could get pretty expensive with more expensive fillings. OP: how much were they charging?

GF got some free from her employer, they were giving out slices for free @ the festival.

 

[SKORPI0]

Mooncakes are delicious - June 2011 thread.

Paid $0.75 for each (Chinatown Chicago).

 

[brblx]

WHY ARE THEY SO SLIMEY AND WHAT THE HELL IS IN THEM?!?!

 

[her209]

Is it made of moon dust?

 

[l0cke]

They look good, I wonder where I can try one around here.

 

[Pliablemoose]

WHY ARE THEY SO SLIMEY AND WHAT THE HELL IS IN THEM?!?!

They're full of moon :ninja:

 

[AstroManLuca]

I think moon cakes are sort of the Chinese equivalent to fruitcake. People give them as gifts but no one really eats them. I have some Chinese friends and none of them like them.

 

[makken]

i love the 5 nuts kind. the lotus paste ones always make me feel bloated. especially the ones with the yolks >.<

 

[Zeze]

Mooncakes are delicious - June 2011 thread.

Paid $0.75 for each (Chinatown Chicago).

Are those legit? (with legit mooncake ingredients)

They're always considerably expensive in NY Chinatown & Bos Chinatown, even when other pastries are dirt cheap (50 cents for pineapple bun).

They go for like $2.50-$5 each.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

i like them and eat them since we have a chinatown here in sf. they are expensive though 4-4.50 depending on how many eggs yolks they have