(click on photo to enlarge)Now is the time of Mooncake. This one has a very light pastry case filled with a dense, sweet lotus paste enveloping the salted egg yolk at its centre. Verily, a yin and yang for the taste buds.
Why? Mid-Autumn Festival is next week.
It's a really pretty festival. If everything goes according to plan, loads of people go down to Tung Wan beach and plant lighted candles in the sand.
Mind you, Hong Kong Government's Leisure and Cultural Services Department is vowing to spoil everyone's fun: press release
Still, its writ does not always run far or deep on a little island in the South China Sea. . . Tuesday night's the night. The day after? It's a public holiday.
Bon appétit!
