More Mooncake

I cannot pretend to like...nor defend...the mooncake in this instance.

This is stodgy brick masquerading as food and I cannot acquire an understanding of it as a pleasurable culinary experience. I imagine many other uses for this object, deadly weapon near the top of the list. Fired from a cannon at speed, it would knock people senseless, even win wars.

Well, food fights anyway.

The cover for this variety of mooncake is made from glutinous rice starch, the centre from a paste of lotus seeds and sugar. Interesting ingredients in miniscule proportions include pomelo flower extract, the subtlety of which completely escapes me. Scanning the nutritional information on the box, knowing that I'm headed to the pointy end of the healthy diet pyramid, I find that sugar constitutes 35% of this mooncake known as Bánh Dẻo Nhân Hạt Sen. I'm sure something has been lost in translation with the second most prominent ingredient, humidity (25%).

So, while I will not apologise for not liking this festive cake, I do wish to offer season's greetings to one and all in my adopted home.

Tết trung thu vui vẻ!

Comments

[Uggclogs.wordpress.com]

I'm with you - I have tried the moon cake every year, and have found it less than palatable. However, last year, I was given one which was white on the outside with coconut inside (not sure about the name) which was actually quite good! Try to find it if you can.

[Hel]

Maybe the more 'traditional' a food is in a country the more foreigners don't like it? Vegemite is a good example of this.

[New Balance 574]

Creditors 4 have better memories than debtors . haaa

[chef4cook]

I love mooncake! I buy it as a treat for myself when shopping at Asian markets here in the states. In Virginia, we have a very large Vietnamese population in Falls Church. There are tiny stalls where you can buy all kinds of foods and bakeries where you can purchase sweets and breads and mooncakes and, also Bhan Mi.