It's that time of year again. Mid-Autumn Festival is on Wednesday (October 4th) so time to get out the mooncakes.
This year, the fashion seems to be for what they call 'fresh mooncakes'. These do not keep like the traditional baked ones. A friend gave me some a few days ago and sternly warned me to keep them in the fridge and eat within three days. They were mainly lotus seed paste, although some were blueberry and coconut flavoured.
This specimen is 1¾" in diameter.
Then this morning, I was given this box by my dear friend, J. These are the traditional type and produced by the government-owned 5 star hotel* in the city centre and are considered the best in town. There will be huge queues there on Wednesday.
Nice box.
These are a bit bigger at 2¼". But if that doesn't satisfy you, you could always buy this one which I also saw this morning.
* It has 5 stars because it's owned by the Chinese government, the same organisation which rates hotels and awards stars. It wouldn't even get three stars anywhere else and their "Western" restaurant is awful.
