The traditional Mooncake 月餅, Fruit is typically eaten at Mid-Autumn. Pomelos 柚子 (thick-skinned fruit with bitter sweet flesh), starfruit 楊桃, persimmons 布冧 (reddish soft fruit with plump sweet flesh) and nashi pears 水晶梨 (sweet round juicy pears) are some of the favourites. One interesting food is water caltrop 菱角 which is a bull-horn-shaped nut with a hard shell and creamy white flesh.
The origin of the mooncake is related to the story of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋. During the Yuan dynasty, this man wanted to rebel against the Mongols. He inserted pieces of small paper with his message of rebellion inside small mooncakes and passes the cakes out to the local people. They read the note, united together and successfully overthrew the Mongols.
(Resources: Eating in Hong Kong by Auntie Carol)
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