Mooncakes are delicious

[ivan2]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: Pepsei
i just got a box of four from a friend. they got gyped... the place told them it is made with lotus seed.... i tasted white bean imitation blah.

Only noobs buy mooncake at supermarket. The best mooncakes are made fresh at local chinese bakeries. Your friend probably wants a favor from you.

err best one always comes from HK or canton. my locals can't bake shit.

 

[uhohs]

Originally posted by: deepred98
For some reason i can't stand them.

Every lunar festival my parents buy some and i take a bite then remember i don't like them.

The egg in the middle is really weird imo. Its really sweet and smooth then you get a bit of intensely salty dry ick.

a good quality egg shouldn't be too salty and should be moist and maybe a bit oily. the best ones are the ones that leak oil.

Originally posted by: ivan2
err best one always comes from HK or canton. my locals can't bake shit.

QFT

 

[ICRS]

I foundout that chinese don't have savory mooncakes. Vietnamese have both sweet and savory moon cakes.

Sweet moon cakes have fillings such as Mung Bean Paste, Lotus Seed, ect.
Savory have fillings like chicken.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Moonpie > Mooncake

 

[LongCoolMother]

mooncake is damn good. i actually like the ones with the eggs. but the good ol' red bean paste moon cakes are dang good. too bad they're so expensive right now.

 

[ICRS]

Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
mooncake is damn good. i actually like the ones with the eggs. but the good ol' red bean paste moon cakes are dang good. too bad they're so expensive right now.

Probably because I am vietnamese, but I have had both red bean past moon cakes, and mung ones and I prefer mung.

 

[ivan2]

Originally posted by: ICRS
I foundout that chinese don't have savory mooncakes. Vietnamese have both sweet and savory moon cakes.

Sweet moon cakes have fillings such as Mung Bean Paste, Lotus Seed, ect.
Savory have fillings like chicken.

there's one with pork fat and another with different kind of nuts (5-nuts, as I remember). but they are not popular.

Also the mooncake everyone is talking about these days are cantonese style, traditionally there were many northern styled ones that have wacky stuff in it and some of those looking like a pan cake. Now even people in the north buy these squarish one.

don't know much about red bean paste as lotus seed paste were considered more premium so everyone went for those. white lotus > dark lotus > red bean.

 

[0roo0roo]

eh, not a fan. i'll eat it for the occasion, but i never get a hankering for mooncake

 

[MichaelD]

Lotus Seed Paste, huh? If there was ever something that sounded completely nasty to eat, it's that. Lotus Seed. And not just the Seed, but The Paste. *ick*

MOONPIE FTW. 932 calories each, zero nutritional value and not a better midnight munchie in the world.

 

[JDub02]

mmmm, moonpie

wtf is a mooncake?

 

[SKORPI0]

mmmm, moonpie

wtf is a mooncake?

Mooncake

Ended up buying some in Chinatown Chicago during lunchtime. Paid $0.75 each. Skipped the "Taste of Chicago", weather was just too hot outside.

 

[Farmer]

I'd rather have Korean yaksik, although Japanese mochi would also work in a pinch.

Would it be more appealing to you if we called it yuebing, turdmeister?

 

[Farmer]

wtf is a mooncake?

wtf is google?

 

[stag3]

yea i never acquired the egg in middle growing up, i just ate all around the egg LOL

haven't had one in decades, need to get one now

 

[DCal430]

I didn't know that you could eat lotus, but it's pretty good. I guess billions of Asians can't be wrong. I'm not a fan of the egg in the middle though.

Yes lotus is edible. One of my favorite dishes is a traditional vietnamese salad called Lotus Root Salad, it is made with pickled lotus root.