The Mid-Autmumn Festival is a festival that is celebrated by all Chinese around the world. The traditional family values of reunion are remembered along the lines of the myth about Chang-er and Hou-yi. But the folks in The Little Red Dot are more interested in cuisine that is attached to this festival - Mooncakes. This year we see new flavours hitting the stalls - mango custard with pomelo snowskin mooncake (I tried it, really good!). These moonies are also coming in more elaborate (i.e. environmental unfriendly) packaging to attract consumers (very smart strategy cos it tend to score points for shoppers like me). Mooncakes are also good gifts to present to the clients or elders, although they may not be the healthiest food around. One lotus fillings baked skin mooncake is worth 1000 calories, that is about 1 hour of intensive running on the treadmill. *Horrors!*
Just a week ago, PS gave my family a box of Mooncakes from The China Club. And trust me, we were totally impressed by the packaging. The box is a cardboard replica of a traditional record player. When you open the lid on top, it actually plays an electronic chinese tune. Really neat! Eze may just take a fancy with it!
You must be wondering "Then where the hell are the Mooncakes?" Haha, the little moonies are kept in the small drawer that you can pull out at the bottom. ~S-W-E-E-T!~
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