Blog Tag - Mid-Autumn Festival
“Would you like a mooncake?”
“Not really.”
And thus starts the re-gifting orgy that is Mid-Autumn Festival, Sep 24 this year, a time for soaking up...
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our nine-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and...
Haven't quite figured out what to do this Mid-Autumn Festival? On Saturday (Sep 17), Fang Bar teams up with Italian concept kitchen Cartoccio, and...
Mid-Autumn is surely one of China's busiest festivals, and given that you have to devour so many mooncakes just to stay on top of things, it's only...
Make Your Own Mooncakes: Beijing’s Kitchen All-Stars Put Their Spin on the Divisive Mid-Autumn Treat
Ahh, mooncakes: the chewy, Mid-Autumn Festival pastries beloved by the Chinese. Unfortunately, many foreigners are averse to the typical bean paste,...
For most of us, Mid-Autumn Festival may mean little more than a cheeky three-day weekend but, like all Chinese festive occasions, it comes with a...
Sundays are much like half-full and half-empty glasses: you either love having the second weekend day to kick back, relax, and recover from your...
Mooncake eating time is officially here, there're so many options it's hard to narrow down what you should try. We received a mooncake box from the...
It's that time of year again, when offices fill up with untouched ornate boxes and bellies burst with lard-based pastry. That's right, it's mooncake...
Mooncakes are a traditional food served during Mid-Autumn Festival, and we may have found the worst ones ever. At, on average, 1,000 calories a pop...
So now we’ve come to the third in our series: The Ugly. This is for those who care less about how their mooncakes will actually look and taste. It’...
Sure, you might prefer the moussey tiramisu options and moist mooncupcakes from our previous post. But now picture yourself showing up at your...
It’s time for that densest of Chinese cultural treats: mooncakes. Comedian Johnny Carson once said, “The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only...
The Angry Birds video game has been a global hit, but no one has taken that obsession as far as China. When it comes to the Angry Birdification of...
Mid-autumn festival is coming up, bringing cooler weather – let’s hope – and, of course, mooncakes. The staple gift/ personal treat for the...