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Glossary


Ma Po Bean Curd
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The Ma Po Tou Fu is a popular Sichuan-style bean curd with minced or mashed pork.



MaoTai
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A well-known brand of liquor in China, produced since hundreds of years ago in Maotai Town, Guizhou province.



Marble Tea Egg
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It is a kind of egg which is cooked in tea and made soft because of this process.



Mid-Autumn Festival
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The Mid-autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. Mooncake is its most common festive food. It is also called the Moon Festival.



Ming Dynasty
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1368 - 1644 A.D.



Mooncake
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Mooncake is a traditional festive food eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival / the Moon Festival.



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