Sep 1st 2022

The Mid-Autumn Festival is an important traditional Chinese festival and every family will celebrate the full moon on the 15th day of the 8th month on the Lunar Calendar. There are a lot of different ways to celebrate these precious moments, such as gathering with friends and family, worshiping the moon, praying, looking at pretty lanterns, etc.

Every family would make a special purchase of mooncakes as a special gift for their loved ones or enjoy them and other traditional foods with all family members while gathering outside and admiring the full moon as they munched. But have you ever wondered; what other traditional foods do people serve for the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Mooncake - The iconic

The mooncake is a must-eat food at the Mid-Autumn Festival. Shaped like the moon and stuffed with various ingredients like lotus seed paste or salted egg yolks, the mooncake is a round baked cake.  The theme of the Mid-Autumn Festival is thanksgiving and reunion. Mooncake symbolizes the full moon and people's desires for harmony and family reunions. On this day, Chinese people will try their best to go back home and enjoy a reunion feast with their families. Sharing the round mooncake among family members signifies the completeness and unity of families.

Chinese Chestnut

Chestnut is also a must eat snack in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Chestnut is sweet and cold in nature. It has the functions of nourishing the stomach, strengthening the spleen, tonifying the kidney and strengthening the tendons. It is most suitable for eating in autumn. The aged and infirm or patients with diabetes can also taste an appropriate amount

Taro - Brings good luck

Eating Taro, the purple sweet potato, for Mid-Autumn Festival dates back to the Qing Dynasty because in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang dialects of Chinese “taro” sounds like “luck is inside.” Eating taro is believed to bring you good luck and fortune during the year while expelling bad luck. Taro are typically boiled or steamed, much like a potato, peeled and eaten as a main dish.

Oriental Grapefruit/Pomelo

Oriental Grapefruit/Pomelo is also one of the must-haves for the Mid-Autumn Festival. The mandarin sounds of "Pomelo" is the same as "佑", which means that the moon will bless you or you will be blessed at the moon cake festival

The food traditions during the Mid-Autumn Festival have been handed down for generations. Until now, every Chinese family still has the same traditions. Besides above Mid-Autumn Festival foods, while gathering with your loved ones, complete your event with Danisa. Danisa is known as the premium Danish butter cookie. Danisa is made from authentic Danish recipe that were passed down through generations of master bakers, using finest quality butter, milk, and other ingredients, baked with passion to perfection, making Danisa as a perfect companion to express gratitude to your loved ones during the Mid-Autumn Festival.