Nutrition info: Pastry mooncake crust vs. Snowskin crust. Which is healthier?
The Mid-Autumn festival (also known as the mooncake festival) is a popular lunar harvest festival celebrated in Chinese and Vietnamese culture. Every year on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, when the moon is at its maximum brightness for the entire year, the Chinese celebrate “zhong qiu jie”. Today, the […]
Nutrition Info: Calories in Mooncakes
Mooncakes are a round or rectangular Chinese cake/bun that is eaten during the Mid-Autumn festival inwhich the moon is worshiped. They are typically about 10cm in diameter and 4-5cm thick. They are shared as gifts between family and businesses during this time and can only typically be purchased once a year during this month making […]