An Ode to Chinese Pastries

I always love Chinese bakery products.Chinese Bakery offers simple and straightforward fare. This is not to say, however, that its offerings aren't delicious.

The Lotus Seed Paste Pastry that I had was very delicious in particular, the lotus seed was a thick light paste that was rich and overwhelming with its sweetness and earthy flavor.
I also had a walnut cookie and a wifey (winter melon) pastry.

The walnut cookie was giant, crispy on the whole and was really dense and packed with flavor. It was generously loaded with tons of walnuts that were crunchy, and added a bit of chewiness to the cookie.
The wifey pastry is flakey outside , semi-sweet clear winter melon filling with a subtle melon flavor and some type of texture..maybe chestnut?  

Wifey Pastry ,
Lotus Seed Paste Pastry (in red)
and Walnut Cookie (from left to right)

I tried some Chinese Chess Cakes (Mini Mooncakes) and Kampar Chicken Biscuit/ Baby Chicken-shaped Cakes (Baked Pork Cakes) as well.

These mini square mooncakes had a thin outer skin and thick inner red bean paste filling and achieved a harmony between outer casing and inner filling. The shells were moist and cohesive. Inside, the filling were intense without tasting overly sweet and the paste tasted extremely beany.

As for the baked pork cakes, I am not really a fan of fermented red bean curd ,but I do  love its gooey texture as the mixed nuts filling were pleasantly grainy and chewy, and it tasted nothing like a granola bar. Generous pieces of olive kernel complement the saltiness of the pork. And I have to say they were very fragrant with a distinctive savoriness and aroma coming from the sesame seeds.

Mini Mooncakes (red bean paste), Baked Pork Cakes