Chinese Mooncakes (Lake Harriet Upper)

Mooncake is a Chinese bakery product traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The festival is primarily about the harvest while a legend connects it to moon-watching, and mooncakes are regarded as a delicacy.

At this workshop, you will learn how to make your own crusts to make the mooncakes, fill them, and bake them. You will be able to taste your own homemade mooncakes. Price includes a supply kit of ingredients purchased and provided by the instructor.

Xiaohong Chen

Ada was born in Wuhan, Southern China. Her mom was an excellent cook and Ada spent a lot of time helping her in the kitchen. She left Wuhan for Beijing, where she would spend a decade. In Beijing she started cooking for herself. Cooking became a passion for her and she also found it was a great stress reliever. On the weekends you could often find Ada’s friends at her home, talking, drinking, laughing, eating at the dinner table. In 2009 she started a box lunch service called “Ada’s Home Cooking” - she would prepare 30-40 lunches a day by herself! Today as a housewife with 2 children she enjoys cooking for her family and dreams of having a stand at a local farmer’s market.

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