Snow Skin Mooncakes: Asian Wisdom in Every Bite

🌕 A Hands-On Workshop : Snow Skin Mooncakes

Snow skin mooncakes, or Bīng pí yuè bǐng (冰皮月饼), are a beloved treat enjoyed year-round for their soft, mochi-like texture and delicate flavor. Unlike traditional baked mooncakes, these are made without an oven and served at room temperature — light, smooth, and gently sweet.

In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn to make your own snow skin mooncakes from scratch.
You’ll experience each step — from mixing the dough to forming and decorating your mooncakes — with some parts demonstrated to ensure a smooth and enjoyable process.

We’ll guide you in preparing silky dough and a smooth lotus seed filling — an ingredient celebrated in yakuzen (薬膳, medicinal cuisine) for its benefits in supporting beauty and longevity.

You’ll also learn how to naturally color your mooncakes in soft, beautiful shades using only natural ingredients.

To complete the experience, we’ll enjoy our handmade creations together, served with a seasonal medicinal herbal tea, specially blended to support balance and nourishment during autumn.

Of course, you’ll also take home around 12 mooncakes, beautifully boxed — ready to share with loved ones or enjoy mindfully on your own.

Come for the experience — and leave with beautiful mooncakes, deeper knowledge, and meaningful skills to share.

🥮 About This Workshop

This is more than just a cooking class.

Guided by a Japanese International Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor — also certified as a TCM Dietitian and TCM Cook — this workshop introduces you to the deeper wisdom of food: how ingredients, preparation, and seasonal choices can support balance and inner harmony.

You will learn how to create beautiful snow skin mooncakes — not only for their taste and appearance, but also for their meaning and healing properties.

Together, we’ll explore how food can be both nourishing and meaningful — supporting your well-being and deepening your connection to the changing seasons.

🥣 Instructor

Setsuka Takami is Japanese, certified as an International Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor, TCM Dietitian and TCM Cook.
The workshops weave together East Asian medicinal wisdom, hands-on cooking, and a deep respect for nature’s rhythms — creating experiences that nourish both body and spirit.