{"id":26274,"date":"2015-10-13T15:38:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T15:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=26274"},"modified":"2015-11-11T12:43:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T12:43:57","slug":"mooncakes-land-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/food\/mooncakes-land-in-cardiff","title":{"rendered":"Mooncakes land in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new Eastern delicacy has arrived in Cardiff as the Chinese community celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Mooncakes, a typical treat for the festival, have been available in the city&#8217;s Chinese markets since 27 September, and until they run out of stock.<\/p>\n<p>Mooncakes are small, round pastries consisting of a thin crust enveloping a dense filling than can be sweet or salty &#8211; the most popular fillings include lotus seed paste; red beans; salted egg yolk.<\/p>\n<p>They are a symbol of the full moon, which reaches its peak of brightness during the Mid-Autumn Festival, therefore also known as Moon Festival.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Only a few are left&#8221;, said Tan Yaqin, owner of a local Chinese store, &#8220;and we will only order more for next year&#8217;s festival.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese Mid-Autumn Festivalbrought some exotic, seasonal pastries to town<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[10016,10017,3944,10018,10015,10019],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - 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