Magnificent Mooncakes at Kuih Cafe in Chinatown | Eater NY
"I asked Alice Liu, the 29-year-old second-generation co-owner of Grand Tea & Imports (started in 2006 by her father, known as “Teafucius”), to develop tea pairings for these mooncakes: she recommended white peony as a gentle foil to pandan snowskin, black teas (including rose and lychee varieties her shop sells) to cut through rich, floral decadence, and ripe tangerine pu-erh (a bestseller) to add earthy body and bright citrus to the butterfly-pea-skins and kumquat cream cheese; she also suggested osmanthus green tea for savory, umami-forward mooncakes and chrysanthemum tea to balance tropical pineapple-style rabbit pastries while evoking a familiar, nostalgic sweetness." - Richard Morgan
