Dreams CAN come true

[alias_sqbr]

I have finally achieved my goal, after many years: I ate a mooncake! It was a tiny goal but feels good to have achieved it.

I never ate them when I was younger on the assumption they would be as full of butter as most other Delicious Looking Asian Pastries, and by the time I discovered that they're traditional enough not to be made from dairy I wasn't in a position to easily get one (I could order large expensive boxes online, but I just wanted one). Even once I finally found a local Asian supermarket which delivers I kept forgetting to buy a mooncake during the limited time window.

This frustrated me, because (a) they sounded like something I'd enjoy and (b) it would feel nice to participate in such a big global celebration in my own small way.

AND THIS YEAR I DID IT. The moment people started talking about the mid-Autumn festival I got Cam to organise a joint order with me from the Asian supermarket.

Including a lotus paste mooncake with egg yolk! Which I just cut into pieces and ate some of! It was delicious :) I was dubious about having a whole egg yolk in the middle of a pastry but it worked pretty well, all salty and creamy.

They're supposed to be shared but Cam doesn't like lotus paste. So I shall share it with you all digitally. So an early happy Mid-Autumn Festival to all of you, including those of you for whom it is also actually mid-Spring. And happy Djilba to everyone else in the local Nyoongar country!

EDIT: For anyone else in Perth: Kai Supermarket, I know ubereats is evil but there's not a lot of local options.

Comments

[lilysea]

Hurray! ^_^

Is lotus paste the same as red bean paste?

[alias_sqbr]

Nope! It's from lotus seeds, the texture is more like chestnut paste. If you ever had one of those dim sum desserts that's a deep fried ball covered in sesame seeds, it's the filling of those.

[fred_mouse]

those come in at least three flavours - lotus paste, red bean, something I'm forgetting (black sesame?) so not necessarily

[alias_sqbr]

Oh ok! The ones I saw were always lotus paste but I didn't sample a wide variety of restaurants.

[alias_sqbr]

fred_mouse pointed out those balls aren't always lotus paste. But lotus paste is a pale caramel-y beige colour, and shows up as a filling in desserts.

[cosmicjellyfish]

Yay! Glad you got to eat one. I once had a flatmate who would buy and share them around festival time - so good, but it’s been ages (thank you for the digital share!)

[alias_sqbr]

I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[hebethen]

Huzzah, mooncakes! I used to dislike the yolks in the middle when I was small, but definitely came to appreciate them over time. Cutting them into tiny slices is part of the fun :D

[alias_sqbr]

I was glad I knew to cut them into tiny slices and not take a big bite, that would have been Too Much Mooncake all at once.

[got_quiet]

Ooh, mooncakes are delicious! I'm glad you got a chance to try them!

[alias_sqbr]

Me too!