Moon Festival at Jason Lin's Garden - Part 2

 They had a little sideshow going on all night.  The ladies of the family made mooncakes.  I had never seen them made before.  It was quite interesting to watch.

 

I missed the first step but basically there was an egg mixture that was rolled into a ball.  Next that egg ball was covered with sweetened red bean paste.

 It was an exact science for them.  They weighed at every step.
The third step was the form the dough into a ball.  From there they rolled it out into a tongue shape.
From there they rolled it together like a cinnamon bun is rolled.  From that they flattened it again and rolled it into a circular shape.  This covered the red bean ball.  It also explains why mooncakes are so flaky.  It creates layers upon layers within the dough, similar to puff pastry.

 

  There's the eggy first step below.

 And the finished product.  I have to say, there were much more delicious than the ones that we get in the store.  There's just something about home baked products that is so much more appealing.

 This was the outdoor oven they used for the mooncakes.