It’s Fall time again in China, and for all Chinese people around the world.

The air grows cold and crisp, the leaves start to turn into beautiful shades of red and burnt orange. Fall marks another event the Mid Autumn Festival. Traditional Chinese celebrations land on the 15th day of the 8th month in the lunar calendar.

Families prepare an assortment of fresh fruits and the much adored Autumn mooncake. Traditionally, moon cakes are made of sweet filling such as red bean paste or lotus bean paste, with a cooked egg yolk wrapped in a pastry mold. Due to the sweetness of the traditional mooncake, it is generally cut into four so that each piece is a quarter of an egg yolk. It thus appears as if you can see the moon in your cake.

Nowadays, Autumn moon cakes come in many varieties. Snow mooncakes are made of mochi (cold jelly) mold with tasty fillings like pineapple, lychee and melon. Better yet, they also have ice cream mooncakes coated with Belgian chocolate and a cold creamy filling with flavours like tiramisu, green tea, durian.
Sip hot Jasmine tea
During the Mid Autumn Festival (also known as Festival Mooncake), families and friends usually exchange gifts of mooncakes and teas. These sweet treats go really well with Jasmine or Oolong teas. Legend has it that there is a rabbit and a woman on the moon. So on September 22, 2010 get together with friends and family and see if you can spot them.

Try delicious Chinese mooncake and sip some Jasmine tea while gazing at the moon.

Source : http://www.kiwicollection.com/wow-travel/wine-dining/mid-autumn-festival-in-china