someone on facebook chided me saying that we don't have autumn here in malaysia, but who cares? it is still a celebration held in the mid of august according to the chinese lunar calendar, so what is wrong with calling it mid-autum festival in the tropical region of the world??
i don't like to call this festival mooncake festival. it only reminded me of the commercialisation of the celebration. mooncakes are getting more and more expensive each year and they are coming up with a lot of different fillings that do not really make sense. ya ya ya, call me old fashion. to me, mooncakes should only come in lotus paste or red bean paste. hahaha....yolk is optional.
my choices- i only eat cheap red bean and green bean mooncakes bought from the day market. i think it is rm2.50 one. but this year, i can't even finish one mooncake on my own. i guess the craving is not there at all.
i got a box of jelly mooncake instead, the one above. i like eating jelly, and since they come in the shape of mooncake, what the heck, once a year, just buy lah. the filling is corn and red bean. i only eat the red bean one. my brother also likes it so both of us have slowly been getting one out after another and now there is only a quarter left.
we don't have the tradition of having family dinner on this day, hence, it is back to bidor later....but i do have a dinner appointment. one of my kids is getting married. it will be a feast. i better control myself. had noodles for breakfast, lunch also had noodles, i am not getting more noodles onto my plate for dinner. maybe i will have some chee cheong fun instead.
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