A celebration of Moon Cakes & Lanterns.......

Chinese all over the world are celebrating Mid Autumn Festival or commonly known as 'Moon Cake Festival' or "Moon Festival" on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar.

Since at a very young age, this festival is being captured in my mind as a celebration of 'moon cakes' and 'lanterns'. Varieties of moon cakes are being on sale and during our young days we enjoyed munching those sweet and tasty moon cakes. On the night of the festival, moon cakes are being served with tea, while the children enjoyed marching around with their beautiful lanterns.

Today, most people are more health conscious, thus choosing the moon cakes which is less sweet is most people's concerned, including myself off course. Today most moon cake makers are more sensitive to the requirements and concerns of the customers, so we can easily purchase the moon cakes which are less sweet compared to the olden days. In today's modern scenario, not many young children are seen carrying their lanterns on the night of this festival. Coming to think of it, I just wonder?????? "will this festival be forgotten in the years of the new generations to come???????????"

I prepare a very simple family dinner for the three of us and we all enjoyed it very much. Here's to share...........

(Top) Stir fry prawns with cashew nuts & Midin with belachan
(Bottom) Fried Rice with bacon & ham topped with fried onion & garlic
and..... ingredients for Steamboat

These are my favourite moon cakes...........

Before I pen off, let me take this golden opportunity to wish all Chinese throughout the whole world.........