We did not not do anything fancy on the Mid-Autumn Festival last Monday. Parents in law just came back after a week of shopping trip to Thailand (Haadyai and Samui Island). MIL fried beehoon and we ate the 'steamed salted chicken with Chinese herbs wrapped in paper' that they bought on the way back from Ipoh. (I do not know that actual name for that dish)
The weather here was quite hazy and luckily I had already let the kids play with lantern a few days ago.
The girls playing lanterns with neighbours' kids last Saturday
On the actual Mid-Autumn night, we just brought out some kids tables and chairs and had some moon cakes and Chinese tea. The girls carried their lanterns around but they got bored after a while and would rather eat.
About moon cakes, we did not buy fancy and over-priced moon cakes with weird ingredients from those advertised famous bakeries and franchises. However, we did have some friends who gave us moon cakes.
'White butter skin pandan sweet corn paste' moon cake given by MIL's friend. It was exchanged through some points for going to Sentosa's Casino in Singapore. It was nice, fragrant and not too sweet.
However, we were used to traditional flavoured moon cake like red bean paste and lotus paste with egg yolk. Therefore, we bought from a bakery in Kluang. The moon cakes there were so popular that people from far would go there and buy in boxes, not to mention they were cheap too. No gimmicks, no advertisements and simples boxes that consumers were just paying for the moon cakes. There was also no preservatives added and we had to put the cakes in refrigerator after 3 days if not consumed.
Red bean paste moon cake that cost only RM13.00 for 4 in a box
Lotus paste Shanghai moon cake with double salted egg yolk that cost RM24 for 3 in a box
5 comments:
I like lotus paste with salted egg yolk. Yum!!! But I did not have any this year - can't afford. Too expensive. :(
Those we bought were quite cheap. RM8 for double yolk. I used to buy those fancy types like red dates, belachan, yogurt etc but not anymore.
Hope not too late to wish you "Happy belated Mid Autumn festival".
This year we also didn't buy a lot moon cake. My hub cousin sister she made, and she give my mother in law quite a lot, so we are having homemade mooncake, not sweet and nice. I am like Arthur, prefer lotus paste with salted egg yolk .
Annie: Happy Belated Mid-Autumn Festival to you too.
My mum come from Sibu and brought us some local made red bean paste mooncake from Kuching. Nice! I am enjoying my life having her to help me out with my girls for 2 weeks.
lots of mooncakes for you and me XD
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