Dish
Mooncake
月饼yuèbing
- Cuisine
- Festival food
- Region
- All of China
- Main ingredients
- Pastry filled with lotus seed paste, red bean or other sweet fillings, sometimes salted egg yolk
Flavour profile
Spicy
MildHotSpicy: 1 out of 5Sweet
LowHighSweet: 5 out of 5Sour
LowHighSour: 1 out of 5Salty
LowHighSalty: 2 out of 5Rich
LightRichRich: 5 out of 5
Mooncakes are the pastries of the Mid-Autumn Festival, filled with lotus seed paste, red bean or nuts, often with a salted egg yolk.
Best pairings
Wine
Red ice wine (Beibinghong)
A red ice wine with red bean mooncake: a pairing found nowhere else in the world.
Vidal ice wine
Honey and citrus match lotus seed paste.
Explore · Beibinghong, Vidal