STORY: South African expat tries mooncake-making ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival
DATELINE: Sept. 28, 2023
LENGTH: 00:03:23
LOCATION: ZHONGSHAN, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the mooncake-making
2. SOUNDBITE (English): MOLEBOGENG FATIMA, South African expat

STORYLINE:

SOUNDBITE (English): MOLEBOGENG FATIMA, South African expat
"The Mid-Autumn Festival is around the corner. Chinese people enjoy eating mooncakes to celebrate the festival. There are many distinctive pastry shops in various towns of Zhongshan. Today, I came to Nanji Bakery in Shaxi Town, which is highly recommended. I hear that it has a unique flavored mooncake. Let's go and check it out.

Hello.
Hello.

And this bakery called Nanji Bakery in Shaxi is most known for its duck liver mooncake. I think it's so magical. I can not wait to try it. And I am joined here by Mr. Liang, the owner of the bakery. He is going to be making his famous delicacy, the duck liver mooncake. And with this duck liver mooncake, it is made from duck liver, some preserved meat over there, some egg yolk over there, some kernels over here, and so on. Now let's begin, everybody. I am so excited.

First, mix them well. This is duck liver. Again, mix them well. Add some water to make the lotus seed paste softer. And mix all ingredients well. Flatten it. Roll it out carefully.

Yeah. I finally got it right. This is my first one getting it right, by the way.
So Mr. Liang was just telling me that this delicacy has been celebrated for over 90 years. That's a very, very long time. Now, we are going to shape these into our mooncakes, and then they are going to go into the oven for 40 minutes. Let's put them into the oven. And now that the mooncake is finally well done. It's time for us to taste the mooncake.

This is so delicious. I can really taste all the nuts, the flavor, the meat, the duck livers. I taste them perfectly. It's such a delicious delicacy. You have to try it out. It's really good. Here I wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, a happy reunion, and a perfect life. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival. I wish you a content and joyful life."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Zhongshan, China.
(XHTV)