foreign friends encounter traditional ningbo food ⑧: flaky mooncake & red dowry in ninghai county -k8凯发官网

    handmade mooncakes in ningbo are crispy and tasty, especially the ones from ninghai county. with mid-autumn festival approaching, the streets around ninghai are already infused with the mouth-watering aroma of mooncakes.

    sara, a 19-year-old iranian girl, has been living in ningbo for 17 years. she now studies neuroscience in simon fraser university, a school in vancouver, canada.

    sara joined us on a drive to ninghai for the mooncake exploration. as we reached our destination in yuelong subdistrict, ninghai county, sara traced the overflowing fragrance of pastries and stopped at a roadside mooncake deli – the branch store of caohu food company. “ni hao!” sara stepped into the store and greeted the pastry chef in ningbo dialect, “can you teach me how to make mooncakes?” busily kneading the dough, the chef looked up and replied with delight: “sure!”

video: cai ke, yang hui

editor: chen jinhui

senior editor: zhu wei

editorial director: xu ye

chief editor: yang jingya