Frog mooncake, anyone? Shanghai chefs hop to it ahead of festival
Other new flavours of the Mid-Autumn Festival treat include shrimp and cheese, and abalone
Shanghai’s mooncake makers have been working on some new recipes ahead of this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival, with fillings including shrimp and cheese, abalone and even frog meat.
At the Shanghai First Food Hall, chefs have been busy preparing the leg meat of bullfrogs paired with pickles in chilli oil as their new take on the festive treat, the Shanghai Morning Post reports.
The frog mooncakes are priced at 15 yuan (US$2.25) each, and abalone mooncakes are also on offer.
“This year we’re targeting young people who like to eat bullfrogs,” one of the food hall’s managers told the newspaper.
The new flavours have divided opinion online.
“I don’t want to go anywhere near a bullfrog mooncake,” one online commenter wrote.
