Pastry chef updates five-kernel mooncake image
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Together with her colleagues, Yang Yuwen, 65, stays up late making mooncakes in a factory in Datong, Shanxi Province, on September 20, 2018. (Photos: VCG)
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Yang has made mooncakes for 40 years, but she didn’t receive any professional training. She was a hotel manager in Beijing when she was younger, which gave her chances to learn from China's top pastry chefs.
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Over the last 40 years, she's attained dozens of awards and honors because of her enthusiasm.
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Many netizens have claimed five-kernel mooncakes are subpar, and she feels very frustrated. So she decided to clear up the misunderstanding around mooncakes.
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"Many five-kernel mooncakes taste terrible because of inferior processing and cheap or substandard materials," Yang says. She insists on the best materials to make mooncakes.
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Mooncakes represent reunion, Yang thinks, and families are expected to enjoy mooncakes sitting together. So she's made mooncakes big enough for family's to share.
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Yang also tries to make changes to her mooncakes so as to offer a variety that would be appealing to the younger crowd.
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But now Yang gets concerned as she ages. "I really want to pass my experience on to someone else, but I haven’t found a satisfying apprentice." She hopes her skills and experience can be passed on.