Tet Trung Thu, as it is known in Vietnam or the mid-autumn moon Festival is a wonderful, ancient festival intended for children. This is the occasion for everyone in the family together to enjoy the moon cake in 15th August. When you land Vietnam around in mid- august, you would not want to miss tasting the beautiful delicious cake and immersing yourself in an exciting, happy atmosphere of the mid- autumn moon festival in Hanoi with hanoi food tour. At that time, children parade on the street while singing and carrying sparkling colorful lanterns of different sizes then they gather in a special place to eat candy, the mooncake, play games and watching the roundest and fullest moon in a year. That will become an unforgettable experience of your own.
The ingredients of the mooncake
Vietnamese mooncakes have two main kinds: “Bánh nướng” (baked cake) and “Bánh dẻo” (sticky rice cake). Most consist of a thin, tender pastry skin enveloping a sweet, dense filling.
The ingredients usually include jam, dried sausage, mung bean paste, salt, sugar, cooking oil, sugared lard, lotus seed, watermelon seed, etc. However, each kind of the cake has his own components. For instance, the baked cake is made from wheat flour, cooking oil, and simple syrup boiled with malt. The sticky rice cake is made from roasted glutinous rice flour, pomelo blossom water or vanilla and simple syrup.
If you have an intention of making this cake, you should visit Vietnam cooking class or food walking tour you can see how to make a cake. It is more meaningful that you make the cake by yourself to offer your family or friends in one of the two most popular festivals in Vietnam.
The important role
As far as people know, the Trung Thu cake originates from the China and spreads to Vietnam but it has become an indispensable part of Vietnamese life for a long time. This occasion is helpful for parents to make up for lost time with their children after harvest season or nowadays the more the world is modern, the less time parents can spend with their children.
At that time all members in family may spend for another other to have fun. On hold under the full moon, it is the symbol of fullness and prosperity of life. People often donate moon cakes to each other with the meaning of blessing everything in life is full, because of this, the cake is the food, the gift of indispensably-spiritual value in the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Each type of cake expresses a particular meaning. “Banh Deo” presents The shape of the moon which is round and ivory white in the symbol meaning “family members” and especially the tight love between husband and wife. For “Banh Nuong”, it makes everyone remember that although how much bitter you have to suffer in life, your relatives and close friends will always be with you and give you the sweetness of love.