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What are Moon Cakes? The varieties are numerous. One can easily find at least a dozen different types. In substance, the traditional Moon Cake is a baked pastry filled with lotus seed paste and a salted egg yolk in the center. Modern inspirations and the cost of lotus seed paste have lead to the creation of many different types of fillings. Winter melon paste, red bean paste, mung bean paste, mixed nuts, dried fruits, and even ham are used to add variety to Moon Cakes. The cakes are about 3 inches squared. The price for each cake runs from $2.50 to about $6.00. Most Chinese, Vietnamese, and other Asia markets or bakeries have them. You may still be able to buy some at discounted prices after the holiday.
The Moon Festival is also a romantic one. Lovers get together, watch the full moon, drink towards the moon, and taste the delicate moon cake, at such a quiet night without a silk of cloud and with some mild breeze from the sea. Even for lovers in different places, the moon links them together. They watch the moon at the same time and seems to have each other at that hour. A great number of poetry have been devoted to the romantic Festival. Hope the Moon Festival will bring you romance and happiness.
The moon cake is the food for the Moon Festival. The Chinese eat the moon cake at the night with the full moon in the sky. Here are a few pictures of the typical moon cake.
