The Chinese are among the top consumers of gold in the world in recent years. They are flavored with a paste made from lotus flower seeds, which have a light, chestnut-like flavor and are named after them. What Does Lotus Seed Paste Bun Taste Like Image by: ggpht Lotus seed buns are not only tasty and fluffy, but also extremely sweet. These gold mooncakes are usually purchased as gifts and customers must order at least two week in advance the gifts are “usually not for families or friends.” To say lotus seed bun in Chinese, you would use the characters (lin rng bo). Other banks that have also jumped onto the bandwagon include the China Merchant Bank, Bank of Communications and Agricultural Bank of China. The cheapest of ICBC Bank’s range of mooncakes is a mooncake made of silver that is priced at 850 yuan each (US$135). The Bank of Communications is reportedly selling a 500-gram gold mooncake at over 21,000 yuan (US$3340) while ICBC Bank is offering a gift box of two 50-gram gold mooncakes, inscribed with auspicious motifs and Chinese characters, for 47,620 yuan (US$6,820). Previous research separated oligosaccharides of lotus seeds by using medium-pressure liquid chromatography coupled with ELSD and diode array detector (DAD) and reported five oligosaccharides present in lotus seed with a corresponding weight of 1.107, 0.554, 0.183, 0.443, and 0.243 g/100 g of lotus seeds (Lu et al., 2017). Mooncakes, a traditional Chinese delicacy made of lotus seed paste, are given to family and friends in China as gifts to celebrate the Mid-Autumn harvest festival.
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