Mooncakes are a Chinese pastry typically eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, one of China's most important holidays. Amidst the celebrations, mooncakes are shared between family and friends. Often intricately decorated, mooncakes consist of a thin crust and a dense filling, usually of lotus seed paste or red bean paste. They may contain other special ingredients, such as yolks from salted duck eggs or nuts.
Guancha, founded in 2016, is a brand aiming to create cultural and creative Chinese foods, combining Western cooking methods learned at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, Japanese Matcha, and traditional Asian flavors.
This gift box from Guancha contains 6 assorted Matcha Cube Lava Custard Mooncakes with 3 fillings, including red bean, purple potato, and chestnut. The cube and salted egg yolk in the middle are meant to evoke the full moon seen through a windowpane at night.
