As today is the Mid-Autumn Festival a.k.a. Mooncake Festival, we had dinner with my mother and siblings. Since we are all grown-ups, we did not light any lanterns nor did we play with candles. We just ate a simple meal and sat around talking into the night.
This year I bought only 9 moon cakes - some new flavours such as red yeast, ginkgo and others but found that I still prefer the traditional flavour of pure lotus paste and salted egg yolk. I wanted to buy those with double egg yolks but left it too late - they were all sold out when I tried to purchase some yesterday. So next year, I will make sure that I buy them earlier.
Although it drizzled for a while at around 11.30pm, the bright round moon was smiling at us before that and we had a good look at the rabbit in it. It was truly an evening well spent with family.
I agree that it's always the wisest choice to stay near to family. You can spend quality time with them any time you want (not forgetting free food...haha). I stay near with my in-law's too and I spend most of my time there. Hehe!
ReplyDeleteI like bing pei mooncake too (the one eat cold one).
ReplyDeleteHappy mid-autumn festival to you:)
Thanks Jennifer for reminding me about the free food too! :)
ReplyDeleteHi Elizebeth, Happy belated mid-autumn festival to you! I like eating cold bing pei mooncake but not too cold. So did you celebrate mooncake festival in Canada?
we had mooncake 2 weeks ago, but not on the mid-autumn day itself coz i forgot to buy mooncake on the day itself! hohoho... so we only had 1 mooncake this year, it was my favorite 2xeggyolk lin yong mooncake. yummy~~~
ReplyDeleteHi Elizebeth, double egg yolk lin yong mooncake is really yummy. I must buy it next year.
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