My Chinese relatives brought us a pack of Wing Wah mooncakes. I found out they cost $10.00 A PIECE! Why do they cost so much?
2006-09-22 13:56:01 · 14 answers · asked by Moon O 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
Pricing is a combination of factors. Good mooncakes are made by experience & expensive chefs, using more expensive ingredients,
It can be made with the cheaper red bean filling or the more expensive lotus seed paste. Cheaper lotus seed paste use lower grade and less fresh lotus seed, and mixed with cheaper ingredients like green bean paste to get the volume. The skin also required skill to be thin crust and baked just right, with clearly defined print.
You can taste difference between cheap and expensive ones.
2006-09-22 22:51:37 · answer #1 · answered by ET+65 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They jack up the price for the mid autumn festival.. Actually the lotus seed paste in it only costs about a dollar, maybe less..
In Asia they costs next to nothing, as they are easily found. You can even make your own baked and non bake mooncakes at home!!
2006-09-22 16:40:14 · answer #2 · answered by dedoklonk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-14 12:10:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lotus seeds are way more expensive than just flour & eggs and they really need a lot them to make one genuine moon cake.
The cost for the packaging and the big scale TV commercials they put on back in Hong Kong also account for the high prices.
2006-09-23 00:32:05 · answer #4 · answered by Macchiato 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wing Wah Moon Cake
2016-12-18 07:13:58 · answer #5 · answered by heinemann 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding? You know what truly authentic Wing Wah goes for these days?!! Sheesh!
2006-09-22 13:58:59 · answer #6 · answered by uke9999 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stick with Moon Pies - they're still about 50 cents, and a grand old American treat!
2006-09-22 14:04:45 · answer #7 · answered by gabluesmanxlt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm I buy them in china town at about 1.75 each most likely they are imported from somewhere. Maybe you dont have a close enough bakery?
2006-09-22 13:58:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That might not be the price in American or Canadian dollars (I don't know where you live) Did they bring them from China? What is the currency there? Yen?
2006-09-22 14:04:42 · answer #9 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In NYC Chinatown, they are dirt cheap...I think your relatives were had.
2006-09-22 14:07:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋