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Virtual food. Play money only. Nothing is delivered and nothing is charged.

A rectangular slice of golden sponge cake with a dark brown top on a small plate

Castella Cake Slice

$6 play money

A fine, honeyed sponge cake. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $6 in play money, which puts it in the Snack tier ($1 to $14). It is one of the small, cheap things that make an order feel real.

No payment, no address, no delivery. This is a game.

Key facts

Cuisine
Japanese
Menu section
Japanese
Price tier
Snack ($1 to $14)
Play-money price
$6
Main ingredients
eggs, sugar, flour, honey
How it is served
A rectangular slice of golden sponge cake with a dark brown top on a small plate

History, tradition and origin

Mooncakes are given and shared at the mid-autumn festival, when families gather to look at the full moon. In Japan, soft rice cakes are pounded for the new year, and sweets are made to match each season and to accompany green tea. A fine sponge cake brought by Portuguese traders in the 1500s became a speciality of Nagasaki.

Food economy and industry

Mooncakes are a seasonal business worth billions of dollars, with most sales packed into a few weeks and much of it corporate gifting in decorated boxes. Japan's traditional sweet makers are often family firms many generations old. Key ingredients are glutinous rice, red beans, lotus seeds and sugar.

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