Mid-Autumn Festival Specialties

Mid-Autumn Festival specialties include mooncakes, osmanthus cakes, taro rice, fried duck eggs with persimmon peppers, and crabs.

1, mooncakes

Mooncakes are the most representative food of the Mid-Autumn Festival, symbolizing reunion and harmony. The shape of the mooncake is round, symbolizing completeness and perfection. Mooncakes are filled with a variety of fillings, including red bean, green bean, lotus seed paste and five kernels, which are rich in taste and have their own characteristics. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, people usually taste and share mooncakes to express their blessings to family and friends.

2. Osmanthus Cake

Osmanthus cake is another traditional Mid-Autumn Festival delicacy, which is made of glutinous rice flour and osmanthus honey as the main ingredients, and is soft and sticky, sweet but not greasy. The fragrance of osmanthus combined with the sweetness of glutinous rice makes it memorable. This pastry is not only delicious, but also signifies good luck.

3, taro rice

Taro rice is one of the foods that must be eaten at the Mid-Autumn Festival in the southern region, taro is a nutritious ingredient that contains a variety of vitamins and minerals. Cooking taro with rice makes the rice more flavorful and richer.

4, persimmon pepper fried duck eggs

Persimmon pepper fried duck eggs is a nutritious dish, persimmon pepper is rich in vitamin C and carotene, duck eggs are a source of high quality protein. Stir fry them together for a more flavorful taste. This dish signifies good luck and good health.

5, crab

Mid-Autumn Festival is the season of crab, people often crab as a special dish on the holiday table. Crab meat is delicious and delicate, and is often used to make traditional dishes such as crab meat soup dumplings and crab meat lion head.