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Find Stellar Mooncakes in Los Angeles to Ring in the Mid-Autumn Festival | Eater LA

"At this Chinatown restaurant, limited-time Mid-Autumn Festival specials include a chestnut lotus seed tart ($80) — a mooncake–Mont-Blanc hybrid from pastry chef Jaime Craten with a pâte sablée crust and butter cake sponge, filled with lotus seed and roasted chestnut paste and topped with whipped mascarpone — available for pre-order and pickup through October 2. A Mid-Autumn martini with green Szechuan peppercorn is also available to pre-order, a $32 ready-to-pour cocktail that serves two. The restaurant now offers its fried Chongqing chicken for takeout, paired with duck fat rice, preserved cucumbers, and daikon radish; the $75 set includes eight to 10 pieces and is designed to feed three to four people." - Rebecca Roland