Shanghai mooncake is delicate, feminine, and reminiscent of French pastry. (Butterkicap pic) There are more than seven types of mooncakes created according to the different provinces in China. The ...

This creative package features a gift box jointly offered by Shanghai's time-honored brand Old City God Temple and Guangzhou Restaurant. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Several heritage brands ...

The annual Mid-Autumn Festival is around the corner, and universities around Shanghai have begun competing to offer mooncakes with the most distinctive characteristics. In addition to traditional ...

Customers queue to buy mooncakes for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival at a time-honored store in Shanghai, Sept. 12, 2018. The joyous Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the ...

In this Sept. 12, 2013 photo, a vender, right, sells mooncakes to a customer, left, at a shop in Shanghai, China. The mooncake, a traditional pastry that’s given during the Chinese mid-autumn festival ...

They are the hottest mooncakes this season, selling out across the mainland. And their secret ingredient? Pure gold. But as traditional pastry versions are trumped by gold counterparts, some warn the ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Gold-encrusted mooncakes stuffed with shark's fin are out of favour ahead of this week's mid-autumn festival in China after a crackdown on corruption killed off demand for such ...

Ever wondered how to make money out of unwanted mince pieces, Christmas fruitcakes or Yuletide logs? The Chinese have found a way. This week’s mid-autumn festival is celebrated with the exchange of ...

The Mid-Autumn Festival is still three weeks away, but news related to mooncakes — the Chinese traditional delicacy associated with the festivities — is already making the rounds on social media. In ...

IN Chinese cuisine, lotus is a plant of many uses. Lotus seed, above all, is essential for mooncakes. Lotus root is a much loved ingredient for both sweet and savoury dishes as well as soups, while ...