{"id":15188,"date":"2021-09-20T11:41:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T15:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=15188"},"modified":"2021-09-23T08:35:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T12:35:35","slug":"chinese-mid-autumn-festival-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=15188","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival \u2013 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nA visit to any Chinatown bakery this time of year will reveal a spectacular assemblage of mooncakes (\u6708\u9905, yue bing) in a seemingly infinite variety of shapes, sizes, ornamentation, and fillings, all begging to be enjoyed in observance of the Mid-Autumn Festival, celebrated this year on September 21. Here are two pandan mooncakes, one with preserved egg yolk and a mini version without, from Chinatown’s Fay Da Bakery.<\/p>\n

Since 2021 is the Year of the Ox, known for his patience and resolution, I was determined to purchase (and eat my way through – no matter how long it might take me \ud83d\ude09) an assortment of these delicacies in order to compare them and ultimately share them, virtually, with you. For a deep dive into the holiday and these delicious treats, please check out my Chinese Mooncakes Demystified<\/em><\/a> page detailing their similarities and differences in an attempt to shed some light (moonlight, of course) on their intricacies.<\/p>\n

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\nNote: Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some businesses may be closed \u2013 temporarily, we hope – and prices may vary. The Mid-Autumn Festival, however, will be with us forever \u2013 as long as there are autumns to celebrate!<\/em>
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A visit to any Chinatown bakery this time of year will reveal a spectacular assemblage of mooncakes in a seemingly infinite variety of shapes, sizes, ornamentation, and fillings, all begging to be enjoyed in observance of the Mid-Autumn Festival, celebrated this year on September 21. Read on…. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3336,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138,24,7,21],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-15188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays","category-out-about","category-stories","category-sweets","tag-chinese"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15188"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15356,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15188\/revisions\/15356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}